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CVE-2026-122129 Details

Description

CESNET ipfixcol2 2.7.1 before 2.9.0 contains a memory allocation vulnerability in Lz4Decoder::read_start_header() that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory by declaring unbounded ring buffer sizes. Attackers can open TCP connections sending LZ4 start headers with very large buffer sizes, forcing up to 4 GiB allocations per connection and denying collector service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/CESNET/ipfixcol2	[email protected]
https://github.com/CESNET/ipfixcol2/blob/v2.8.0/src/plugins/input/tcp/src/Lz4Decoder.cpp#L126-L131	[email protected]
https://github.com/CESNET/ipfixcol2/commit/1a199033eff847941353c5c039cb806a9ad8aa6f	[email protected]
https://github.com/CESNET/ipfixcol2/releases/tag/v2.9.0	[email protected]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cesnet-ipfixcol2-2.7.1-before-2.9.0-memory-exhaustion-via-tcp-lz4-decoder	[email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-789	Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value	[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Nov 5, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 4, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]