CVE•Published 2026-08-26•Modified 2026-09-10•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-58096Freebsd · Freebsd
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
44
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 56% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
LcpDecodeConfig() did not validate the length of received endpoint discriminator options against the minimum required by RFC 1717. Undersized options would trigger an out-of-bounds write. A malicious PPP peer can exploit CVE-2026-58095 and CVE-2026-58096 to crash ppp(8) or potentially execute arbitrary code as root.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-26
Modified 2026-09-10
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag52 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-58096Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Freebsd"Hosts Shodan identified as running Freebsd.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-58096Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-58096Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-58096Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-58096GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-58096" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-58096 on GitHub.