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CVE-2026-23679VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE · Security update for libusb-1_0

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-23679· Medium 6.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade SUSE libusb to 1.0.30 when convenient.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 20:06 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.06.9
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.16.2
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.0.30
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CISA SSVC: proof of concept public

  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

Timeline

  1. CVE ID reserved

    by VulnCheck

    , 133 days before disclosure

  2. CVE published

    on cve.org

    , t = 0

  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    proof of concept public

    , 26 hours after disclosure

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CISA SSVC, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade libusb to 1.0.30.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
libusblibusbAffected
  • <1.0.30
Fixed in–
GitHublibusbpkg:github/libusbOther threatsAffected
  • <1.0.30
Fixed in
  • 1.0.30

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Description

This update for libusb-1_0 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-23679: NULL pointer dereference in `parse_interface()` allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a malformed USB configuration descriptor (bsc#1266664). - CVE-2026-47104: one-byte out-of-bounds read in `parse_iad_array()` allows attackers to trigger a denial of service via a malformed USB descriptor (bsc#1266667).

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