CVE-2026-101276 PUBLISHED

Assigner: Anthropic
Reserved: 28.09.2026 Published: 30.09.2026 Updated: 01.10.2026

iperf3 3.21 (esnet/iperf) contains a remote, unauthenticated heap use-after-free: the server's per-test watchdog server_timer_proc() frees streams without cancelling/joining their worker threads, so a blocked worker dereferences a freed iperf_stream; fixed in 3.22.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.2

Product Status

Vendor esnet
Product iperf3
Versions Default: unaffected
  • Version 3.21 is affected

Credits

  • Anthropic finder
  • Ada Logics reporter

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-416 Use after free CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-456 Infected Memory