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CVE-2026-121944

6.8 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (6.8) in irontec sngrep. EPSS 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

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sngrep through 1.9.0 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in capture_packet_reasm_ip() in src/capture.c that allows attackers to cause denial of service via crafted NFLOG TLVs. Attackers can supply a pcap file with link type NFLOG containing a non-payload TLV with length under 4, making the capture thread spin at full CPU and stop processing packets.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

6.8 medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 15th percentile. Scored 2026-11-10. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
CISA's assessment (SSVC)
Exploitation: PoC · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-04. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
CWE
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)
Published
Modified
NVD analysis
Deferred: the NVD does not plan to analyze it
Record from
the NVD, synced

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Affected

Versions

From the CNA's record in the CVE List.

ProductAffected
irontec sngrepthrough 1.9.0

Linux distributions

DistributionReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian12, 13, 14sngrepno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-121944
Ubuntu16.04:LTS, 18.04:LTS, 20.04:LTS and 4 moresngrepno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-121944

From the distributions' data via OSV.dev: the Debian Security Tracker; Ubuntu Security Notices © Canonical Ltd., CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified: reformatted and linked to CVE records. Credits. On the distributions' own pages: Debian · Ubuntu.

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