CVE-2026-43958

Publication date 1 June 2026

Last updated 6 June 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A flaw was found in rrdcached, a component of rrdtool. A local attacker with access to a rrdcached socket can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow by sending an oversized CREATE request. This vulnerability can lead to a denial of service by crashing the daemon or potentially allow for arbitrary code execution, impacting the integrity and confidentiality of data.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
rrdtool 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable, fix deferred
25.10 questing
Vulnerable, fix deferred
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, fix deferred
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, fix deferred
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, fix deferred
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, fix deferred
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, fix deferred
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable, fix deferred

Notes


mdeslaur

As of 2026-06-05, this is only a Red Hat bug about this issue, no indication that this bug was reported to the upstream rrdtool developers, and no indication of a fix commited by rrdtool developers. Marking as deferred for now.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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