Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-54579mport mirror-selection ping accepts insufficiently validated ICMP replies

Low 2.3

In plain English

A low-severity out-of-bounds read in mport from MidnightBSD. 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 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)2.3Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, ping() in libmport/ping.c accepted ICMP replies without validating icmp_id or icmp_seq and parsed the reply using a fixed IP-header offset instead of ip_hl. A network attacker able to inject or spoof visible ICMP replies could influence mirror latency selection, while a malformed packet carrying IP options could shift the ICMP header and trigger an out-of-bounds read. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
MidnightBSD	mport	< 2.7.8

Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-345 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/security/advisories/GHSA-qc2f-2j7j-m3r7 x_refsource_CONFIRM