Medium severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-5265
Ovn: ovn: heap over-read in icmp error response generation
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When generating an ICMP Destination Unreachable or Packet Too Big response, the handler copies a portion of the original packet into the ICMP error body using the IP header's self-declared total length (ip_tot_len for IPv4, ip6_plen for IPv6) without validating it against the actual packet buffer size. A VM can send a short packet with an inflated IP length field that triggers an ICMP error (e.g., by hitting a reject ACL), causing ovn-controller to read heap memory beyond the valid packet data and include it in the ICMP response sent back to the VM.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
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Fast Datapath for RHEL 7 · Red Hat
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Fast Datapath for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
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Fast Datapath for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
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Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
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Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
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Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor