iperf3 3.20–3.21 (esnet/iperf) has a pre-auth heap buffer overflow in decrypt_rsa_message(): a 256-byte RSA buffer is BIO_read with the attacker-controlled ciphertext length (guard warns only), so an unauthenticated client overflows the heap via an oversized authtoken; fixed in 3.22
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Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title Pre-Authentication Heap Buffer Overflow in iperf3 RSA Decryption

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description iperf3 3.20–3.21 (esnet/iperf) has a pre-auth heap buffer overflow in decrypt_rsa_message(): a 256-byte RSA buffer is BIO_read with the attacker-controlled ciphertext length (guard warns only), so an unauthenticated client overflows the heap via an oversized authtoken; fixed in 3.22
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Anthropic

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T15:51:37.669Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T12:01:09.970Z

Link: CVE-2026-101283

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T15:51:30.599Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T22:16:33.317

Modified: 2026-10-01T16:17:32.460

Link: CVE-2026-101283

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T15:30:08Z

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