Answer in brief
CVE-2026-120831 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Libslirp: libslirp: queue pointer corruption in if_output() leading to denial of service. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/container-tools:rhel8/libslirp (generic), Red Hat/libslirp (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Red Hat/container-tools:rhel8/libslirp (generic), Red Hat/libslirp (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/container-tools:rhel8/libslirpgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/libslirpgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Nov 3, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 3, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 3, 2026
A flaw was found in libslirp in if_output(). When moving a session from the fast queue to the batch queue, the code unlinked and reinserted an arbitrary packet via ifm->m_nextpkt instead of the session queue head, corrupting queue pointers. A guest generating burst traffic could crash the host networking process, causing a denial of service.
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