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.
Published: 2026-09-29
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-29T21:17:13.640

Modified: 2026-09-29T21:17:13.640

Link: CVE-2026-102253

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-835

    Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')