FreeBSD : munge -- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write (17186409-09d2-11f1-a39c-b42e991fc52e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 299141

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 17186409-09d2-11f1-a39c-b42e991fc52e advisory.

https://github.com/dun/munge/security/advisories/GHSA-r9cr-jf4v-75gh reports:
MUNGE is an authentication service for creating and validating user credentials. From 0.5 to 0.5.17, local attacker can exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in munged (the MUNGE authentication daemon) to leak cryptographic key material from process memory. With the leaked key material, the attacker could forge arbitrary MUNGE credentials to impersonate any user (including root) to services that rely on MUNGE for authentication. The vulnerability allows a buffer overflow by sending a crafted message with an oversized address length field, corrupting munged's internal state and enabling extraction of the MAC subkey used for credential verification. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.18.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299141

File Name: freebsd_pkg_1718640909d211f1a39cb42e991fc52e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 2/15/2026

Updated: 2/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25506

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:munge

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25506

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