CVE-2026-16277 PUBLISHED

Rpcbind: rpcbind: stack buffer overflow in rpcinfo rpcbaddrlist()

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 20.07.2026 Published: 20.07.2026 Updated: 20.07.2026

A stack-based buffer overflow was found in rpcbind's rpcinfo utility. When querying a remote rpcbind service with rpcinfo -l, address information returned by the server is copied into a fixed-size buffer without sufficient bounds checking. A malicious or compromised rpcbind server could use this flaw to crash the rpcinfo client, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

To mitigate this issue, avoid using the rpcinfo -l command against untrusted, attacker-controlled, or compromised rpcbind hosts. Restrict the use of the rpcinfo utility to trusted internal endpoints or secure test environments only.

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Aisle Research and Michalis Vasileiadis (GitHub: vmihalis) for reporting this issue.

References

Problem Types

  • Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE