CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-86846

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. A guest can supply an avail-ring descriptor index that is used without bounds checking, causing an out-of-bounds write in the host vhost-crypto backend.

Risk Assessment

A malicious guest VM can exploit the out-of-bounds write to corrupt host process memory, potentially leading to a crash or code execution.

Recommendation

Update DPDK to a fixed version and consider isolating vhost-crypto processes from critical host resources.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. A guest can supply an avail-ring descriptor index that is used without bounds checking, causing an out-of-bounds write in the host vhost-crypto backend.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS