CVE-2026-43916 HIGH

CVE-2026-43916: pam_authnft: Heap buffer overflow in NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG reply walker

Vendor Identd-Ng
Product pam_authnft
Weakness CWE-125
Published May 12, 2026
Last update May 13, 2026

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

pam_authnft is a PAM session module binding nftables firewall rules to authenticated sessions via cgroupv2 inodes. Prior to 0.2.0-alpha, a heap buffer over-read in peer_lookup_tcp (src/peer_lookup.c:134, prior to the fix) allowed a crafted NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG reply to slip past the message-size check, then dereference past the end of the allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.2.0-alpha.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 12, 2026 CVE published
May 13, 2026 Record updated