Intel Hyperscan 5.4.1 null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Intel Hyperscan. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-34489. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Intel Hyperscan. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted pointer dereference for some Hyperscan before version v5.4.2.1 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

The advisory is shared at intel.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-34489 since 04/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.4.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Hyperscan 5.4.2.1

Timelineinfo

04/15/2026 CVE reserved
11/10/2026 +209 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: intel
CVE: CVE-2026-34489 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-34489
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-433945

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2026 19:11
Changes: 11/10/2026 19:11 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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