CVE-2026-4747 PUBLISHED

Remote code execution via RPCSEC_GSS packet validation

Assigner: freebsd
Reserved: 24.03.2026 Published: 26.03.2026 Updated: 26.03.2026

Each RPCSEC_GSS data packet is validated by a routine which checks a signature in the packet. This routine copies a portion of the packet into a stack buffer, but fails to ensure that the buffer is sufficiently large, and a malicious client can trigger a stack overflow. Notably, this does not require the client to authenticate itself first.

As kgssapi.ko's RPCSEC_GSS implementation is vulnerable, remote code execution in the kernel is possible by an authenticated user that is able to send packets to the kernel's NFS server while kgssapi.ko is loaded into the kernel.

In userspace, applications which have librpcgss_sec loaded and run an RPC server are vulnerable to remote code execution from any client able to send it packets. We are not aware of any such applications in the FreeBSD base system.

Product Status

Vendor FreeBSD
Product FreeBSD
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 15.0-RELEASE to p5 (excl.)
  • affected from 14.4-RELEASE to p1 (excl.)
  • affected from 14.3-RELEASE to p10 (excl.)
  • affected from 13.5-RELEASE to p11 (excl.)

Credits

  • Nicholas Carlini using Claude, Anthropic finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE