Description
A flaw was found in libtirpc. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending oversized wrapped data requests to an RPC (Remote Procedure Call) service configured with RPCSEC_GSS (Remote Procedure Call Security-Generic Security Service) integrity or privacy. This can lead to unbounded memory allocation, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting system resources and causing the service to become unstable or terminate.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To reduce exposure, disable RPCSEC_GSS integrity or privacy modes on externally reachable RPC services where feasible. Implement strict request or transport record size limits in the embedding RPC service before wrapped blob decoding. Additionally, consider using process memory limits or supervision to contain single-process memory exhaustion.

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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in libtirpc. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending oversized wrapped data requests to an RPC (Remote Procedure Call) service configured with RPCSEC_GSS (Remote Procedure Call Security-Generic Security Service) integrity or privacy. This can lead to unbounded memory allocation, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting system resources and causing the service to become unstable or terminate.
Title Libtirpc: libtirpc: denial of service via unbounded memory allocation during rpcsec_gss decoding
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux Hummingbird Openshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T18:20:40.761Z

Reserved: 2026-09-03T14:56:10.456Z

Link: CVE-2026-85231

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling