GoBGP: Panic in AdjRib.Update via malformed BGP Update message (Nil Pointer Dereference)

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-42285
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-07 12:16:18 UTC
Updated2026-05-11 15:22:48 UTC
DescriptionGoBGP is an open source Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) implementation in the Go Programming Language. In version 4.4.0, an unauthenticated remote BGP peer can trigger a fatal panic in GoBGP by sending a specially crafted BGP UPDATE message. When the server receives a message with inconsistent attribute lengths, it improperly handles the internal state transition to a "withdraw" action, leading to a nil pointer dereference in the AdjRib.Update function. This causes the entire GoBGP process to crash, resulting in a complete loss of service availability. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.001340000 probability, percentile 0.327650000 (date 2026-05-12)

Problem Types: CWE-476 | CWE-476 CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Osrg Gobgp 4.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Osrg Gobgp affected = 4.4.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/osrg/gobgp/releases/tag/v4.5.0 [email protected] github.com Product, Release Notes
github.com/osrg/gobgp/security/advisories/GHSA-p3w2-64xm-833j 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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