CVE-2026-79822: hewlett packard enterprise hpe nonstop tns/x native inspect Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-79822 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in hewlett packard enterprise hpe nonstop tns/x native inspect. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-10-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 15-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A security vulnerability in HPE NonStop TNS/X Native Inspect may cause corruption of address and potentially redirect execution flow.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().