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CVE-2026-71218: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-71218cvecve-2026-71218
Published: 08/11/2026 (08/11/2026, 08:51:24 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Description

A flaw was found in iperf3. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the `JSON_read()` function, which accepts a peer-controlled message length and allocates memory without an upper bound. This allows the attacker to trigger excessive memory consumption, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) through memory exhaustion, severe slowdown, or termination of the iperf3 service.

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.3medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
redhat
Date Reserved
2026-08-05T08:41:54.899Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71218","vendor":"Red Hat"}]

Threat ID: 6a7ae762bf8831d539789b34

Added to database: 08/11/2026, 09:12:02 UTC

Last updated: 08/11/2026, 09:12:02 UTC

Views: 1

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