Description
iperf3 versions prior to 3.22 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash-loop the server's UDP receive worker into an unrecoverable infinite loop by sending a single crafted control-channel parameter message followed by one 16-byte UDP datagram. Attackers can permanently pin the affected per-stream receive thread at approximately 100% CPU usage, rendering the server unusable until forcibly killed with SIGKILL, as the process does not respond to normal control-channel closure.
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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000
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| Description | iperf3 versions prior to 3.22 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash-loop the server's UDP receive worker into an unrecoverable infinite loop by sending a single crafted control-channel parameter message followed by one 16-byte UDP datagram. Attackers can permanently pin the affected per-stream receive thread at approximately 100% CPU usage, rendering the server unusable until forcibly killed with SIGKILL, as the process does not respond to normal control-channel closure. | |
| Title | iperf3 < 3.22 UDP Receive Worker Infinite Loop DoS | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-835 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-29T20:11:47.089Z
Reserved: 2026-09-28T19:17:36.656Z
Link: CVE-2026-102253
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-29T21:17:13.640
Modified: 2026-09-29T21:17:13.640
Link: CVE-2026-102253
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CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')