CVE-2026-41565

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: May 28, 2026 (42 days ago)
Last Modified: May 28, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in perl-CryptX. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data) decrypt_verify helper routines. An attacker who can control the length of the authentication tag provided to these routines can cause a buffer overflow, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

CWE

CWE-120

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 github.com