CVE-2026-38636
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk37th percentile - higher than 37% of all known CVEs
Summary
An issue in the seekdir() function (/dirent/mod.rs) of relibc commit 61f42d allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.
Risk Assessment
The risk is that an attacker can cause a crash or hang, leading to service unavailability.
Recommendation
Update relibc to a patched version and validate input data.
Other vulnerabilities in relibc
See all- CVE-2026-38638High
An issue in the with_argv function (/unistd/mod.rs) of relibc commit 61f42d allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.
- CVE-2026-38641High
A vulnerability in the DSO::mmap_and_copy function of relibc (commit 61f42d) allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by loading a crafted shared library.
- CVE-2026-38639High
A vulnerability in the parse_month function (/time/strptime.rs) of relibc (commit ab6a2e) allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by parsing a crafted input.
Original NVD description (English source)
An issue in the seekdir() function (/dirent/mod.rs) of relibc commit 61f42d allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.