CVE-2026-6862
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Efivar: efivar: denial of service due to stack overflow in device path node parsing
A flaw was found in libefiboot, a component of efivar. The device path node parser in libefiboot fails to validate that each node's Length field is at least 4 bytes, which is the minimum size for an EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) device path node header. A local user could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted device path node. This can lead to infinite recursion, causing stack exhaustion and a process crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS).
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Red Hat Hardened Images
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected- Package
- efivar-main
- Package collection
- https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39-13.1.hum1 | unaffected | rpm | * | Unavailable | None listed |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unknown- Package
- efivar
- Package collection
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
No explicit version tuples; consult this entry's default status.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unknown- Package
- efivar
- Package collection
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
No explicit version tuples; consult this entry's default status.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unknown- Package
- efivar
- Package collection
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
No explicit version tuples; consult this entry's default status.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unknown- Package
- efivar
- Package collection
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
No explicit version tuples; consult this entry's default status.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unknown- Package
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8
- Package collection
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
No explicit version tuples; consult this entry's default status.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unknown- Package
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
- Package collection
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
No explicit version tuples; consult this entry's default status.