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CVE-2026-75883 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.8 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-75883 [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2538346 [email protected]
https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/security/advisories/GHSA-rwr9-4vx8-vc35 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-75883
NVD Published Date:
Sep 18, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Nov 6, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-75883 Details - Not Deferred