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CVE-2026-78002

7.5 high SSVC exploitation: none Published

A flaw was found in rsyslog. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a heap buffer overflow in the RainerScript `replace()` function by sending specially crafted syslog messages. This vulnerability arises from an incorrect buffer size calculation during string replacement, causing memory corruption. Successful exploitation can lead to a denial of service (DoS) for the affected system.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 12

  1. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-26 16:10
  2. References+1 references (now 13)NVD modified 2026-10-26 17:17
  3. StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-26 17:17
  4. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 20:58
  5. References+1 references (now 12)NVD modified 2026-10-21 21:19
  6. StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-21 21:19
  7. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 21:22
  8. References+1 references (now 11)NVD modified 2026-10-20 22:19
  9. StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-20 22:19
  10. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 04:32
  11. References+1 references (now 10)NVD modified 2026-10-19 05:17
  12. First seenCVSS 7.5NVD modified 2026-10-12 20:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 13