CVE-2026-13589
Description
A vulnerability was identified in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. This affects the function pcpp::TelnetLayer::getSubCommand of the file Packet++/src/TelnetLayer.cpp of the component Telnet Subnegotiation Packet Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is reported as difficult. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The identifier of the patch is 98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/
- https://github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/commit/98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b
- https://github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/issues/2152
- https://github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/pull/2161
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28214571/poc.zip
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-13589
- https://vuldb.com/submit/844482
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/374592
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/374592/cti
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-122
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.