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high 8.8

CVE-2026-86848 json

Dpdk: dpdk: time-of-check/time-of-use vulnerability allowing guest-triggered out-of-bounds write in vhost-crypto

published 2026-10-14 26 d ago modified 2026-11-09 7 h ago also EUVD-2026-101507

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. The indirect-descriptor snapshot double-fetches a guest descriptor next index, allowing a malicious guest to cause an out-of-bounds access in the host backend.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 2:25.11-2.el10_2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:23.11-3.el8_10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 2:25.11-2.el9_8
  • dpdk Debian 13 24.11.8-0+deb13u1
  • dpdk Debian 14 25.11.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-86848

  • dpdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 25.11.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12151-1

  • dpdk AlmaLinux 8 23.11-3.el8_10
  • dpdk-tools AlmaLinux 8 23.11-3.el8_10
  • dpdk AlmaLinux 9 2:25.11-2.el9_8
  • dpdk-tools AlmaLinux 9 2:25.11-2.el9_8
  • dpdk AlmaLinux 10 2:25.11-2.el10_2
  • dpdk-tools AlmaLinux 10 2:25.11-2.el10_2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:96083ALSA-2026:94629ALSA-2026:94630

  • dpdk Rocky Linux 10 2:25.11-2.el10_2
  • dpdk Rocky Linux 9 2:25.11-2.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:94630RLSA-2026:94629

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-86848 updated cvss 8.8

dpdk: dpdk: Time-of-check/time-of-use vulnerability allowing guest-triggered out-of-bounds write in vhost-crypto

  • Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8 openvswitch3.1, openvswitch2.11, openvswitch2.12, openvswitch2.13, openvswitch2.15, openvswitch2.16, +27 more Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9 grout, grout-frr, openvswitch3.0, openvswitch3.1, openvswitch3.2, openvswitch3.3, +28 more Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 10 grout, grout-frr, openvswitch3.5, openvswitch3.6, openvswitch3.5-test, openvswitch3.6-test, +4 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Do not attach a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend to untrusted guests.”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) openvswitch, openvswitch-test, python-openvswitch, openvswitch-ovn-host, openvswitch-ovn-vtep, openvswitch-ovn-common, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Do not attach a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend to untrusted guests.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) dpdk 23.11-3.el8_10, dpdk-tools 23.11-3.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not attach a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend to untrusted guests.” RHSA-2026:96083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) dpdk 25.11-2.el9_8, dpdk-tools 25.11-2.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not attach a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend to untrusted guests.” RHSA-2026:94629
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) dpdk 25.11-2.el10_2, dpdk-tools 25.11-2.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not attach a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend to untrusted guests.” RHSA-2026:94630
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) dpdk-devel 23.11-3.el8_10, dpdk-debuginfo 23.11-3.el8_10, dpdk-debugsource 23.11-3.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not attach a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend to untrusted guests.” RHSA-2026:96083
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openvswitch3.0, openvswitch3.1, openvswitch2.17, openvswitch3.0-test, openvswitch3.1-test, openvswitch2.17-test, +7 more
    not affected: component not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
25 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 10
  • Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

Sources

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