CVE-2026-23679
Reported by VulnCheck · Published May 27, 2026
libusb before version 1.0.30 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a malformed USB configuration descriptor where an interface claims bNumEndpoints greater than zero but is followed by a class-specific descriptor whose bLength exceeds the remaining buffer size, causing parse_interface() to return early without allocating the endpoint array. Attackers can exploit this flaw through libusb_get_active_config_descriptor or libusb_get_config_descriptor by providing crafted descriptors via virtualized USB passthrough, file-based descriptor parsing, or network sources, causing any application iterating over endpoints to dereference a NULL endpoint pointer and crash.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| libusb | libusb | 0 |
| libusb | libusb | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- May 27, 2026 CVE Published
- May 28, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 31, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2026 Security Advisory
- Jun 5, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jun 10, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 7, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score