CVE-2026-37457
frr: denial of service via crafted FlowSpec component
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 1, 2026
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in FRRouting (FRR). A remote attacker can exploit an off-by-one out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the bgp_flowspec_op_decode() function by supplying a specially crafted FlowSpec component. This issue can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).
Statement
This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted FlowSpec component. Due to this reason, this issue has been rated with an important severity.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write