CVE-2026-53671

Received
Published: 02 Sept 2026, 17:54
Last modified:02 Sept 2026, 17:54

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.3 CRITICAL
v4.0 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Sept 2026, 17:54
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed

Description

PREVAIL is a Polynomial-Runtime EBPF Verifier using an Abstract Interpretation Layer. Prior to version 0.2.4, the abstract transformer in prevail treats writes through a T_CTX-typed base register as a silent no-op: do_mem_store in src/crab/ebpf_transformer.cpp only models T_STACK stores, and the checker's T_CTX bounds arm never tests AccessType::write. An attacker can craft an eBPF program that overwrites a context field (e.g., ctx->data), reload that field typed as T_PACKET, and dereference an attacker-controlled address — and prevail will report the program as safe. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.4.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-682•Incorrect Calculation

    The product performs a calculation that generates incorrect or unintended results that are later used in security-critical decisions or resource management.

Affected Systems

  • vbpf•prevail

    < 0.2.4

References (3)