Critical severity · published Apr 10, 2026
CVE-2026-6068
No description published yet
9.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NASM contains a heap use after free vulnerability in response file (-@) processing where a dangling pointer to freed memory is stored in the global depend_file and later dereferenced, as the response-file buffer is freed before the pointer is used, allowing for data corruption or remote code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
NASM · NASM
nasm-3.02rc5 · source: vendor
NA
Netwide Assembler · Nasm
3.02 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6068
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6068
Exploit
https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222
Exploit
https://sekai.team/blog/nasm-cve-disclosure/cve-2026-6068
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