A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. The indirect-descriptor snapshot double-fetches a guest descriptor next index, allowing a malicious guest to cause an out-of-bounds access in the host backend.

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Do not attach a virtio-crypto vhost-user backend to untrusted guests.

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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. The indirect-descriptor snapshot double-fetches a guest descriptor next index, allowing a malicious guest to cause an out-of-bounds access in the host backend.
Title Dpdk: dpdk: time-of-check/time-of-use vulnerability allowing guest-triggered out-of-bounds write in vhost-crypto
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Redhat openstack
Weaknesses CWE-367
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:13
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10::fastdatapath
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Redhat openstack
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T19:34:22.093Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T14:54:19.899Z

Link: CVE-2026-86848

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-14T19:34:17.951Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-14T18:19:19.223

Modified: 2026-10-14T20:18:00.127

Link: CVE-2026-86848

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