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CVE-2026-125402VulnerabilityPublished

Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in sslw_get_clienthello_sni() in

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-125402· High 7.2

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 01:20 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.2High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.07.2
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.18.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Nov 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
EttercapettercapAffected
  • <=0.8.4.1
Fixed in–
GitHubettercappkg:github/ettercapOther threatsAffected
  • <=0.8.4.1
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, avoid using vulnerable versions of Ettercap in environments where untrusted network traffic is intercepted.

Description

Ettercap versions through 0.8.4.1 have a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the sslw_get_clienthello_sni() function. This flaw arises from trusting an unchecked 16-bit Server Name Indication (SNI) length field in TLS ClientHello messages during SSL interception. An attacker on the network adjacent to the victim can exploit this by sending crafted TLS ClientHello messages to leak up to 64 KB of heap memory or cause Ettercap to crash.

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