CVE-2026-55995

Double-free in the iSNS attribute decoder in open-iscsi

Published Jul 29, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A Double Free vulnerability in open-iscsi allows an unauthenticated MITM attacker to cause DoS.






This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 56718d4e9d1a4f51c30697b5c0534144bb41c9bb.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8807-1 Open-iSNS vulnerability
History
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First Time appeared Open-iscsi Project
Open-iscsi Project open-iscsi
Vendors & Products Open-iscsi Project
Open-iscsi Project open-iscsi
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Weaknesses CWE-763
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A Double Free vulnerability in open-iscsi allows an unauthenticated MITM attacker to cause DoS. This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 56718d4e9d1a4f51c30697b5c0534144bb41c9bb.
Title Double-free in the iSNS attribute decoder in open-iscsi
Weaknesses CWE-415
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
suse
Published
Updated
Jul 29, 2026, 2:43 PM
Reserved
Jun 18, 2026, 9:26 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Jul 29, 2026, 2:16 PM
Modified
Jul 30, 2026, 4:43 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 29, 2026, 1:43 PM