Bug 2564352 (CVE-2026-63201) - CVE-2026-63201 netopeer2: Netopeer2: Denial of Service via format string in get RPC filter
Summary: CVE-2026-63201 netopeer2: Netopeer2: Denial of Service via format string in g...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-63201
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2565447 2565448 2565449
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-10-30 22:34 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-03 02:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-30 22:34:52 UTC
Netopeer2 is a server for implementing network configuration management based on the `NETCONF` Protocol. In affected versions, a low-privileged authenticated `NETCONF` user can remotely crash `netopeer2-server` by sending a `get RPC` with an invalid `subtree filter` whose text contains format specifiers. In `src/netconf.c`, `np2srv_rpc_get_cb()` sends the invalid value through `ERR()` to `np2log_printf()`, where `vsnprintf()` first formats the message safely. In `src/log.c`, that already formatted buffer is subsequently passed to `np2log()` as the format string itself, causing `vsyslog()` to interpret attacker-controlled percent sequences and read invalid pointer arguments. The reported denial of service was confirmed on version 2.8.7 using `NETCONF`-over-SSH and AddressSanitizer; reliable remote code execution was not confirmed. `The advisory identifies 2.8.8 as patched`; repository comparisons verify the fix in public release 2.8.21. The affected/fixed boundary remains unresolved because no public 2.8.8 tag was located, which does not establish the status of an untagged 2.8.8 build.


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