Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2026-86845Dpdk: dpdk: guest-triggered use-after-free and type confusion in vhost-crypto session cleanup
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Fast Datapath for RHEL 10 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. Session cleanup can leave a stale cached session pointer, and the data path does not check the session type before attaching it, leading to use-after-free or type confusion in the host vhost-crypto backend.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | dpdk | 2:25.11-2.el10_2 | ALSA-2026:94630 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | dpdk | 2:25.11-2.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:94629 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | dpdk-devel | 2:25.11-2.el10_2 | ALSA-2026:94630 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | dpdk-devel | 2:25.11-2.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:94629 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | dpdk-doc | 2:25.11-2.el10_2 | ALSA-2026:94630 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | dpdk-doc | 2:25.11-2.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:94629 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | dpdk-tools | 2:25.11-2.el10_2 | ALSA-2026:94630 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | dpdk-tools | 2:25.11-2.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:94629 |
| Debian:12 | dpdk | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-86845 |
| Debian:13 | dpdk | 24.11.8-0+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-86845 |
| Debian:14 | dpdk | 25.11.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-86845 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | dpdk | 2:25.11-2.el10_2 | RLSA-2026:94630 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | dpdk | 2:25.11-2.el9_8 | RLSA-2026:94629 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | dpdk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-86845 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | dpdk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-86845 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | dpdk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-86845 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | dpdk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-86845 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-825 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- RHSA-2026:94629 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:94630 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86845 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2529844 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT