CVE-2026-49419CWE-911

CVE-2026-49419

High · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

When the JAIL_AT_DESC flag is specified, kern_jail_set() and kern_jail_get() released the reference to the caller's current prison before looking up the jail descriptor. If the descriptor lookup failed, error-handling paths released the same reference a second time.

An unprivileged local user can trigger a prison reference count underflow, which may cause the prison structure to be freed while still in use. When this is done on the jail host, the bug will generally result in an immediate panic. However, if the user is running in a jail, then it may be possible to exploit the bug to elevate privileges.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00292 · 21.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-911 · Improper Update of Reference Count
Published
2026-08-19T09:17Z
Affected products (14)
ProductVersionsFixed in
freebsd/freebsdall versions
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References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 04:32Z
    Jail reference count underflow
    cvelistv5