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HIGHCVE-2026-43916Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-43916: pam_authnft: Heap buffer overflow in NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG reply walker

pam_authnft is a PAM session module binding nftables firewall rules to authenticated sessions via cgroupv2 inodes. Prior to 0.2.0-alpha, a heap buffer over-read in peer_lookup_tcp (src/peer_lookup.c:134, prior to the fix) allowed a crafted NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG reply to slip past the message-size check, then dereference past the end of the allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.2.0-alpha.

Metrics

CVSS v4.0
8.7
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • identd-ng / pam_authnft
    < 0.2.0-alpha
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVE-2026-43916: pam_authnft: Heap buffer overflow in NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG reply walker | HarborGuard CVE