VDB-414276 · CVE-2026-106026 · GCVE-0-2026-106026

H. Peter Anvin tftp-hpa up to 5.x tftpd/remap.c rewrite_string out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in H. Peter Anvin tftp-hpa up to 5.x. Impacted is the function rewrite_string of the file tftpd/remap.c. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-106026. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in H. Peter Anvin tftp-hpa up to 5.x. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function rewrite_string of the file tftpd/remap.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

tftp-hpa 5.4 before 6.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in rewrite_string() in tftpd/remap.c that walks heap memory during jump label searches. Unauthenticated remote attackers can send read or write requests whose filename matches a remap jump rule to crash the forked in.tftpd request handler.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-106026 since 10/06/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

H. Peter Anvin

Name

tftp-hpa

Version

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 3.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tftp-hpa 6.0

Timelineinfo

10/06/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/06/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
10/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-106026 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-106026
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-414276

Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2026 15:47
Changes: 10/06/2026 15:47 (78)
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Cache ID: 216::103