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Description
Solanum before commit 2ea1382 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in ms_kill() that allows malicious linked servers to corrupt memory by sending an overlong kill reason. Attackers controlling a rogue or compromised peer server can send a reason exceeding KILLLEN that overflows a static 512-byte buffer, crashing the ircd or potentially achieving remote code execution.
Exploits & detection
No public PoC or detection template found yet.
Timeline
- Published: 03 Nov 2026
- Last modified upstream: 12 Nov 2026
Sources & licenses
- CVE / CVSS / CWE
- NVD record ↗ (unmodified). This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. CVE® © The MITRE Corporation.
- Exploitation
- CISA KEV (CC0) · EPSS by FIRST.org
- References used for the analysis
- https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum
- https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/blob/7bc7e34c04711247b932666e19ae900cba884540/modules/core/m_kill.c#L277
- https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/commit/2ea1382e4262b212a91034258c466f0f6754cd61
- https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/pull/550
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/solanum-before-commit-2ea1382-buffer-overflow-via-server-to-server-kill-handler
- Analysis, summary and remediation
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