Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 21, 2026· Updated Jul 22, 2026
CVE-2026-16461
CVE-2026-16461
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow was found in rpcbind's rpcinfo utility. In rpcbdump() short mode (used by rpcinfo -s), version numbers from a remote RPCBPROC_DUMP reply are written into a fixed-size stack buffer without bounds checking. A user or administrator who runs rpcinfo -s against a malicious or compromised rpcbind endpoint could experience a crash or denial of service of the rpcinfo client.
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/rpcbind&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/rpcbind&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 1.2.9-2.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.9-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.9-160000.2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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