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CVE-2026-81625: Stack buffer overflow in Greenbone OS and openvas-scanner
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-27 · updated 2026-09-03
- Weakness: CWE-787
Description
A remote attacker with user privileges may use a malicious or compromised NASL vulnerability test (VT) on the affected products to trigger a stack buffer overflow and gain full access on the compromised system.
Affected products
- Greenbone OS: from 5.0 through 25.0.5
- greenbone openvas-scanner: from 3.0 through 23.49.3
References
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