CVE-2026-78002
A flaw was found in rsyslog. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a heap buffer overflow in the RainerScript `replace()` function by sending specially crafted syslog messages. This vulnerability arises from an incorrect buffer size calculation during string replacement, causing memory corruption. Successful exploitation can lead to a denial of service (DoS) for the affected system.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.5
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.61%
- CWE
- CWE-131
- Published
- 2026-08-27
- Last modified
- 2026-09-04
Weakness type
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