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CVE-2026-39461

select(2) file descriptor set overflow causes stack overflow

CVSS 8.8 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-121
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.8EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
21 May 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
libcasper(3) communicates with helper processes via UNIX domain sockets, and uses the select(2) system call to wait for data to become available. However, it does not verify that its socket descriptor fits within select(2)'s descriptor set size limit of FD_SETSIZE (1024). An attacker able to cause an application using libcasper(3) to allocate large file descriptors, e.g., by opening many descriptors and executing a program which is not careful to close them upon startup, may trigger stack corruption. If the target application runs with setuid root privileges, this could be used to escalate local privileges.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
FreeBSD · FreeBSD

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