Red Hat Security Advisory: iperf3 security update
Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss. Security Fix(es): * iperf3: iperf3 server accepts unbounded peer-controlled JSON parameters enabling remote denial of service via resource exhaustion (CVE-2026-71217) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat Security Advisory: iperf3 security update
Description
Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss. Security Fix(es): * iperf3: iperf3 server accepts unbounded peer-controlled JSON parameters enabling remote denial of service via resource exhaustion (CVE-2026-71217) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:61389
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a95a0ddacd9273b4947deb3
Added to database: 08/31/2026, 15:42:21 UTC
Last updated: 08/31/2026, 15:42:21 UTC
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