CVE-2026-79840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A buffer overflow vulnerability in HPE NonStop XABroker may cause memory corruption, resulting in application crash.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00094.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HPE NonStop XABroker

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`T0804L40 and earlier`	affected	—

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbns05148en_us&docLocale=en_US

History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A buffer overflow vulnerability in HPE NonStop XABroker may cause memory corruption, resulting in application crash.
Title		HPE NonStop XABroker - Memory corruption vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-121
References		https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbns05148en_us&docLocale=en_US
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-10-15T14:36:18.512Z

Updated: 2026-10-15T18:08:45.467Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T14:47:15.581Z

Link: CVE-2026-79840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T18:08:40.251Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-15T15:17:37.810

Modified: 2026-10-15T19:17:44.227

Link: CVE-2026-79840

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-121

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