MEDIUM 5.3 NVD

CVE-2026-71218

A flaw was found in iperf3. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the `JSON_read()` function, which accepts a peer-controlled message

A flaw was found in iperf3. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the `JSON_read()` function, which accepts a peer-controlled message length and allocates memory without an upper bound. This allows the attacker to trigger excessive memory consumption, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) through memory exhaustion, severe slowdown, or termination of the iperf3 service.

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Published: 2026-08-11 · Source: NVD · Feed updated: 2026-08-11
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 was published on 2026-08-11 via NVD.
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