CVE-2026-121603 | BDVDB-2026-400049 Detail
solanum-ircdsolanum
Description#
Solanum before commit 2ea1382 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in ms_kill() that allows malicious linked servers to corrupt memory by sending an overlong kill reason. Attackers controlling a rogue or compromised peer server can send a reason exceeding KILLLEN that overflows a static 512-byte buffer, crashing the ircd or potentially achieving remote code execution.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
References#
- https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/pull/550
- https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/commit/2ea1382e4262b212a91034258c466f0f6754cd61
- https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/blob/7bc7e34c04711247b932666e19ae900cba884540/modules/core/m_kill.c#L277
- https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/solanum-before-commit-2ea1382-buffer-overflow-via-server-to-server-kill-handler
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.