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CVE-2026-49423: FreeBSD · Use of Uninitialized Resource

Affects FreeBSDSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.3 Low.

Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.3Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.13.3
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 9 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Freebsdfreebsd/freebsd-kernelpkg:deb/freebsd/freebsd-kernelOther threatsAffected
  • 14.3-RELEASE – 15.1-RELEASE
4 affected builds
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, limiting exposure to untrusted TLS peers or disabling ktls for TLS 1.2 CBC records may reduce risk.

Description

CVE-2026-49423 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD's kernel TLS implementation where uninitialized iovec array entries can be read during HMAC computation. This occurs due to improper handling of mbufs containing only TLS header bytes in ktls_ocf_tls_cbc_decrypt(). A remote TLS peer can trigger a kernel panic by controlling TCP segmentation to cause this condition.

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