CVE-2026-3904

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-3904
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerglibc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-11 14:16:30 UTC
Updated2026-04-09 20:31:38 UTC
DescriptionCalling NSS-backed functions that support caching via nscd may call the nscd client side code and in the GNU C Library version 2.36 under high load on x86_64 systems, the client may call memcmp on inputs that are concurrently modified by other processes or threads and crash. The nscd client in the GNU C Library uses the memcmp function with inputs that may be concurrently modified by another thread, potentially resulting in spurious cache misses, which in itself is not a security issue.  However in the GNU C Library version 2.36 an optimized implementation of memcmp was introduced for x86_64 which could crash when invoked with such undefined behaviour, turning this into a potential crash of the nscd client and the application that uses it. This implementation was backported to the 2.35 branch, making the nscd client in that branch vulnerable as well.  Subsequently, the fix for this issue was backported to all vulnerable branches in the GNU C Library repository. It is advised that distributions that may have cherry-picked the memcpy SSE2 optimization in their copy of the GNU C Library, also apply the fix to avoid the potential crash in the nscd client.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.2 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.000140000 probability, percentile 0.023040000 (date 2026-04-15)

Problem Types: CWE-366 | CWE-366 CWE-366 Race condition within a thread

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED6.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary6.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA The GNU C Library Glibc affected 2.35 2.37 custom x86

References

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sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi 3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18 sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
sourceware.org/git 3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18 sourceware.org Patch
sourceware.org/git 3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18 sourceware.org Patch
sourceware.org/git 3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18 sourceware.org Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/11/5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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