Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2026-43798
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity stack buffer overflow in swift-nio-ssh from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A single crafted SSH message gives an unauthenticated network attacker an out-of-bounds stack write of attacker-controlled length and content against any application built on swift-nio-ssh. This vulnerability is addressed in swift-nio-ssh version 0.14.1.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | swift-nio-ssh | 0 – before 0.14.1 |
Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H