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CVE-2026-55995 (GCVE-0-2026-55995)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-29 13:43 – Updated: 2026-07-29 14:43
VLAI
Title
Double-free in the iSNS attribute decoder in open-iscsi
Summary
A Double Free vulnerability in open-iscsi allows an unauthenticated MITM attacker to cause DoS. This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 56718d4e9d1a4f51c30697b5c0534144bb41c9bb.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-29 14:43 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
open-iscsi open-iscsi Affected: ? , ≤ 56718d4e9d1a4f51c30697b5c0534144bb41c9bb (git)
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Date Public
2026-07-28 11:45
Credits
Keith at Linneman Labs
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