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CVE-2026-63380

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Description

Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.2.2-alpha, libevent can dereference invalid list pointers in ws.c when evws_new_session enters its error path after evhttp_start_ws_ succeeds but bufferevent_enable_locking_ fails. evws_connection_free sees a non-null http_server and unconditionally calls TAILQ_REMOVE even though the session was never inserted into http_server->ws_sessions. A local caller able to induce this allocation or locking failure can crash the process. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.2-alpha.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.7 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-20 18:16:35.357000
Last modified
2026-10-26 10:10:00.140000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-63380",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:16:35.357",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T10:10:00.140",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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      "value": "Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.2.2-alpha, libevent can dereference invalid list pointers in ws.c when evws_new_session enters its error path after evhttp_start_ws_ succeeds but bufferevent_enable_locking_ fails. evws_connection_free sees a non-null http_server and unconditionally calls TAILQ_REMOVE even though the session was never inserted into http_server->ws_sessions. A local caller able to induce this allocation or locking failure can crash the process. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.2-alpha."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Libevent es una biblioteca de notificación de eventos. Anterior a 2.2.2-alpha, libevent puede desreferenciar punteros de lista inválidos en ws.c cuando evws_new_session entra en su ruta de error después de que evhttp_start_ws_ tiene éxito pero bufferevent_enable_locking_ falla. evws_connection_free ve un http_server no nulo y llama incondicionalmente a TAILQ_REMOVE aunque la sesión nunca fue insertada en http_server  ->  ws_sessions. Un llamador local capaz de inducir este fallo de asignación o bloqueo puede bloquear el proceso. Este problema está solucionado en la versión 2.2.2-alpha."
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      "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/825c18bd99f556b59d61200523237f264d5cc734",
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      "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.2.2-alpha",
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