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CVE-2026-72712VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-72712· Medium 6.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade SUSE nmap to 8.0.0 when convenient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 01:12 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.0.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade nmap/nmap to 8.0.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Nmap ProjectNmapAffected
  • <=7.99
Fixed in–
GitHubnmap/nmappkg:github/nmap/nmapOther threatsAffected
  • <8.0.0
Fixed in
  • 8.0.0

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AI-suggested

A security update for nmap has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team to fix this issue. Users should apply this update to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.

Description

A vulnerability in nmap allows a crafted packet with a zero-length TCP option to cause the Packet:parse_options() function to enter an infinite loop, leading to an out-of-memory (OOM) condition. This issue is identified as CVE-2026-72712 and has been addressed in a security update by the SUSE Product Security Team.

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