High severity · published Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-61548
Rsyslog: mmpstrucdata stack buffer overflow with oversized RFC5424 structured data
8.1
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Rsyslog is a rocket-fast system for log processing. From 7.5.4 until 8.2606.0, the optional mmpstrucdata plugin's parseSD_PARAM function in plugins/mmpstrucdata/mmpstrucdata.c stores RFC5424 parameter values in a fixed pVal[32 * 1024] stack buffer and calls parsePARAM_VALUE without supplying the destination size. A remote unauthenticated attacker whose crafted RFC5424 message reaches an action using mmpstrucdata can provide a structured-data parameter larger than that buffer when MaxMessageSize permits it, causing an attacker-controlled stack overwrite. Deployments that do not install and use the plugin, or whose effective message-size limit remains below the required threshold, are not affected by this issue. The demonstrated impact is a crash and interruption of log collection; code execution is not demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 8.2606.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RS
rsyslog · rsyslog
>= 7.5.4, < 8.2606.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61548
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61548
github.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/bcda60a3692efdf0c8e44102528f5a0ebe0dec6d
github.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/6991
github.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/releases/tag/v8.2606.0
github.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/security/advisories/GHSA-8qmr-c66f-g368
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/20/1
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