High severity · published Apr 17, 2026
CVE-2026-28224
Firebird Null Pointer Dereference via CryptCallback causes DOS
8.2
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Firebird is an open-source relational database management system. In versions prior to 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14, when the server receives an op_crypt_key_callback packet without prior authentication, the port_server_crypt_callback handler is not initialized, resulting in a null pointer dereference and server crash. An unauthenticated attacker who knows only the server's IP and port can exploit this to crash the server. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
firebird · FirebirdSQL
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.14; >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.7; >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28224
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28224
Release Notes
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/releases/tag/v3.0.14
Release Notes
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/releases/tag/v4.0.7
Release Notes
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/releases/tag/v5.0.4
Exploit
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-xrcw-wpjx-pr95
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