CVE-2026-5123: osrg gobgp Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-5123 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in osrg gobgp. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 30-03-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 01-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A weakness has been identified in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. This impacts the function DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go. Executing a manipulation of the argument data[1] can lead to off-by-one. The attack may be launched remotely. Attacks of this nature are highly complex. The exploitability is said to be difficult. This patch is called 67c059413470df64bc20801c46f64058e88f800f. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
CVSS metrics
10 scores · 4 sources · 4 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVDNIST6.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated3.7LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST3.7LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST2.6LowAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS trend
Probability
0.68%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
51%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.27 pp
From 0.41% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- gobgpAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-1
Osrg1 product
- gobgp4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3.0 | < 4.4.0
Ubuntu1 product
- gobgpAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
9 links- github.com/osrg/gobgp/Product