> CVE-2026-63388 [HIGH]

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PUBLISHED
2026-08-20 18:16
MODIFIED
2026-08-20 18:16
CVSS_SCORE V3
8.4
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.14%
Top 96.9%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD đź”— 2026-08-20 CWE MITRE đź”— 2026-09-01 FIRST EPSS đź”— 2026-10-18 OSV đź”— 2026-10-26 MSRC đź”— 2026-09-01

> DESCRIPTION

Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a heap out-of-bounds write in bufferevent_sock.c when bufferevent_socket_set_conn_address_ copies a kernel-supplied AF_UNIX peer address into bufferevent_private.conn_address. Release builds compiled with NDEBUG disable the EVUTIL_ASSERT length guard, and the evhttp accept path can pass a 110-byte sockaddr from accept() into the 28-byte field. An unauthenticated local peer able to connect to an AF_UNIX listener can overwrite the adjacent dns_request pointer and heap data, causing memory corruption with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EXPLOITABILITY
2.5
IMPACT
5.9

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Exploit nécessite un accès local au système
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Divulgation totale d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Modification totale des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
High
Divulgation totale d'informations
Intégrité
High
Modification totale des données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-617 CWE-787

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-617: Reachable Assertion - The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary. | CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write - The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
An update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs is now available.
Red Hat Security Advisory: libevent security update
An update for libevent is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System...
Red Hat Security Advisory: libevent security update
An update for libevent is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System...
Red Hat Security Advisory: libevent security update
An update for libevent is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System...
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.3 security update
The latest release of Red Hat Update Infrastructure. For more details, see the product documentation.
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

Libevent: Heap out-of-bounds write in bufferevent_socket_set_conn_address_ reachable via AF_UNIX accept

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
23 versions affected
ALIASES:
GHSA-cvq5-vrvr-j338

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
20/08/2026 18:16
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/09/2026 06:02
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-617: Reachable Assertion - The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than...
Total des modifications: 1 Dernière mise à jour: 1 month ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/52057cb33d0c20c0a0453fbabe6c0c968549...
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ef38f926e9cd1f082416c6fff13587bc1f43...
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.2.2-alpha
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq5-vrvr-j338
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