Remote denial of service via null pointer dereference

Summary

CVECVE-2026-4652
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfreebsd
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-26 07:16:20 UTC
Updated2026-04-30 18:57:58 UTC
DescriptionOn a system exposing an NVMe/TCP target, a remote client can trigger a kernel panic by sending a CONNECT command for an I/O queue with a bogus or stale CNTLID. An attacker with network access to the NVMe/TCP target can trigger an unauthenticated Denial of Service condition on the affected machine.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from ADP

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

EPSS: 0.000700000 probability, percentile 0.211400000 (date 2026-05-05)

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


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS: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
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 15.0 - All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 15.0 p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 15.0 p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 15.0 p3 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 15.0 p4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA FreeBSD FreeBSD affected 15.0-RELEASE p5 release Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:07.nvmf.asc [email protected] security.freebsd.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Nikolay Denev <[email protected]> (en)

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