Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 26, 2026· Updated Aug 26, 2026

CVE-2026-58096

Description

LcpDecodeConfig() did not validate the length of received endpoint discriminator options against the minimum required by RFC 1717. Undersized options would trigger an out-of-bounds write.

A malicious PPP peer can exploit CVE-2026-58095 and CVE-2026-58096 to crash ppp(8) or potentially execute arbitrary code as root.

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Affected products

FreeBSD/pppllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:60.ppp.ascnvd

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