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Description
accel-ppp before 1.15.0 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the tcp, syslog and pgsql log targets that allows unauthenticated remote peers to overflow fixed heap buffers by producing log lines exceeding LOG_MAX_SIZE. Attackers within client-ip-range can send an L2TP Start-Control-Connection-Request with many string AVPs when verbose logging is enabled to corrupt heap memory and crash the daemon.
Exploits & detection
No public PoC or detection template found yet.
Timeline
- Published: 05 Nov 2026
- Last modified upstream: 09 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/accel-ppp/accel-ppp/blob/048d31cb446879e0d1a1471b4ab99135a92bf289/accel-pppd/logs/log_tcp.c#L55-L67
- https://github.com/accel-ppp/accel-ppp/commit/58e399400c4ef4b71472ab7c2c71c54a677a05a8
- https://github.com/accel-ppp/accel-ppp/pull/374
- https://github.com/accel-ppp/accel-ppp/releases/tag/1.15.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/accel-ppp-before-1.15.0-heap-based-buffer-overflow-via-oversized-log-lines-in-log-tcp-log-syslog-log-pgsql
- Analysis, summary and remediation
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