CVE-2026-75883

MEDIUMCVSS 6.8

Description

A flaw was found in pppd. A remote attacker could exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in the PEAP response handling. By sending a specially crafted PEAP Request packet, an attacker could cause the pppd process to corrupt global static data, leading to incorrect behavior or a system crash.

Timeline

Published:September 18th, 2026 4:17 PM

Last modified:November 6th, 2026 1:17 AM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-75883
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2538346
https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/security/advisories/GHSA-rwr9-4vx8-vc35

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute