Description
A remote attacker with user privileges may use a malicious or compromised NASL vulnerability test (VT) on the affected products to trigger a stack buffer overflow and gain full access on the compromised system.
Published: 2026-08-27
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A remote attacker with user privileges may use a malicious or compromised NASL vulnerability test (VT) on the affected products to trigger a stack buffer overflow and gain full access on the compromised system.
Title Stack buffer overflow in Greenbone OS and openvas-scanner
First Time appeared Greenbone
Greenbone greenbone Os
Greenbone openvas-scanner
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:openvas-scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Greenbone
Greenbone greenbone Os
Greenbone openvas-scanner
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Subscriptions

Greenbone Greenbone Os Openvas-scanner
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERTVDE

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T09:06:44.122Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T08:47:01.871Z

Link: CVE-2026-81625

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-27T10:16:41.000

Modified: 2026-08-27T10:16:41.000

Link: CVE-2026-81625

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses