Red HatCVE-2026-84268
Red Hat gvfs: denial of service
Fix: upgrade to 1.60.2 or later
A flaw was found in the SFTP backend in gvfs. When mounting a share and reading a file, a malicious SFTP server can cause read_reply() to process a length that exceeds the size requested by the client. The function does not verify the server-provided length against the allocated buffer size, causing the operation to write past the intended boundaries. This issue allows a malicious server to corrupt adjacent heap memory in the gvfsd-sftp process, resulting in a denial of service as the process aborts upon detecting the heap corruption or potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gvfs Product | < 1.60.2 | 1.60.2 |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-122
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84268
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84268
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73997
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73998
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74370
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85939
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85940
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85941
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85942
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85943
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85944
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85945
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:86606
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84268
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2526485
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/-/issues/862