CVE-2026-88357

high

Description

nDPI 5.1.0 contains a memory access issue in the DNS dissector and serializer deserialization code. Specially crafted network input can cause byte-buffer addresses at odd offsets to be cast to uint16_t or wider integer pointers and directly dereferenced without alignment checks. This results in undefined behavior and can cause process termination in UBSan-instrumented builds or on strict-alignment architectures, leading to denial of service.

References

https://github.com/utoni/nDPI/commit/8fc3b439920021a77165f8aee4f81b25bc88629e

https://github.com/utoni/nDPI/commit/6ce1280c52ed52a97332c3fe58fd2b47b867ec6e

https://github.com/utoni/nDPI/commit/694231bb43ff21f452fbc2b53fcf6cdc9a99f75f

https://github.com/utoni/nDPI/commit/6698f14bf6025394a537fe23f413cf79e9d13594

https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/pull/3231

https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/issues/3213

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00605