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CVE-2026-75883

CVE-2026-75883 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.8 MEDIUM

Reported by redhat · Published September 18, 2026

The code in pppd that formats a response to a PEAP Request packet in peap_response() copies an entire TLS record of up to 16384 bytes into the fixed global buffer outpacket_buf without checking the available space and without implementing outgoing PEAP fragmentation. Thus a pppd process connecting to a server which requests PEAP authentication can be induced to corrupt global static data following the outpacket_buf array, most likely causing incorrect behavior or a crash.

EPSS 0.26% · 17.5th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.26%
17.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
PPP Projectppp0, 2.5.4
PPP Projectppp0, 2.5.4

Timeline

  • Sep 17, 2026 CVE Published
  • Sep 18, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 18, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Sep 19, 2026 EPSS Score

References

  • vendor-advisory
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