Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2026-86846Dpdk: dpdk: guest can trigger out-of-bounds write by controlling avail ring index in vhost-crypto
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity out-of-bounds write 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 9% 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 91.0% 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. A guest can supply an avail-ring descriptor index that is used without bounds checking, causing an out-of-bounds write 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-2026-86846 |
| Debian:13 | dpdk | 24.11.8-0+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-86846 |
| Debian:14 | dpdk | 25.11.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-86846 |
| 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-2026-86846 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | dpdk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-86846 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | dpdk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-86846 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | dpdk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-86846 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · 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-2026-86846 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2529846 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT