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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Jul 20, 2026 12:12:06 UTC

CVE-2026-15588

A denial-of-service and resource exhaustion vulnerability exists within the `GDBus` component of GLib. The `gdbusauth` authentication mechanism fails to enforce proper length limitations on data lines read from a client. An unauthenticated local or remote attacker can exploit this lack of input validation by sending excessively long streams of data, causing the application to consume massive amounts of system memory and CPU, potentially leading to a crash or system hang.

Base score5.3/ 10
SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityMedium
Attack vectorLocalAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredLowPR
User interactionNoneUI
ScopeUnchangedS
Confidentiality impactLowC
Integrity impactLowI
Availability impactLowA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat
Last updatedOct 30, 2026 07:42:59 UTC
PublishedJul 20, 2026 12:12:06 UTC
ReservedJul 13, 2026 13:21:08 UTC

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Gitee Codepecker Lab for reporting this issue.