MEDIUM 6.9 NVD
CVE-2026-116744
ntop nDPI through 6.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in dissect_softether_host_fqdn() in softether.c that compares host_name using the consumed by
ntop nDPI through 6.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in dissect_softether_host_fqdn() in softether.c that compares host_name using the consumed byte count instead of data length. Remote attackers can send crafted short UDP datagrams on already-classified SoftEther flows, causing strncmp to read beyond the packet payload buffer.
References
- https://github.com/ntop/nDPI
- https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/blob/6.0/src/lib/protocols/softether.c#L203
- https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/commit/ca9d819151606377ac53305583fe819748c69be2
- https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/issues/3291
- https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/pull/3298
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 was published on 2026-10-26 via NVD.
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