CVE-2026-86847

Host denial of service via uninitialized cleanup pointer

Published Oct 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 14, 2026

Denial of service in DPDK vhost-crypto allows guest OS users to hang or crash the host process via guest descriptors. Write-back chain cleanup in lib/vhost follows an uninitialized next pointer when mapping a guest descriptor fails. Exploitation requires a guest attached to a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend; the reported consequence is host-process interruption, not data access.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Denial of service in DPDK vhost-crypto allows guest OS users to hang or crash the host process via guest descriptors. Write-back chain cleanup in lib/vhost follows an uninitialized next pointer when mapping a guest descriptor fails. Exploitation requires a guest attached to a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend; the reported consequence is host-process interruption, not data access.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-86847
Published
Oct 14, 2026
Updated
Oct 14, 2026
Vendor
libuser Project
Product
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Classifications
CWE-824, T1499.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

libuser Project · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Affected versions are unavailable in this record.
libuser Project · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Affected versions are unavailable in this record.
libuser Project · Red Hat OpenStack PlatformAffected versions are unavailable in this record.
libuser Project · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Affected versions are unavailable in this record.
libuser Project · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Affected versions are unavailable in this record.
libuser Project · Fast Datapath for RHELAffected versions are unavailable in this record.

Published CVSS scores

6.5Red HatCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-824Access of Uninitialized Pointer
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

Public exploit references

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