CVE-2026-38636CWE-400denial-of-service

CVE-2026-38636

High · published August 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue in the seekdir() function (/dirent/mod.rs) of relibc commit 61f42d allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00630 · 49.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2026-08-28T20:17Z
References (4)
https://github.com/Marsman1996/pocs/tree/master/redox/CVE-2026-38636 · [email protected]https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc/-/issues/260 · [email protected]https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc/-/merge_requests/980 · [email protected]https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc/-/work_items/260 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 AUG 16:17Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 28 AUG 00:00Z
    An issue in the seekdir() function (/dirent/mod.rs) of relibc commit 61f42d allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input
    cvelistv5