PT-2026-86443
CVE-2026-31911
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Published
2026-09-05
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Updated
2026-09-25
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libpcap (affected versions not specified)
Description
The BPF interpreter calls the
abort() function when it encounters a BPF instruction containing an invalid opcode. This behavior allows a crafted filter program to terminate the operating system process, particularly in uncommon use cases.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
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