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CVE-2026-79841

Status: Awaiting AnalysisMedium (5.8)—
Severity5.8Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.09 %higher than 0% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A buffer overflow vulnerability in HPE NonStop RDMA SERVICES NSK may cause out-of-bounds memory write, which may result in memory corruption.

CVSS

Base score
5.8
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.09 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
0
Score date
10/18/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vector AV:L con UI:R exige interacción local del usuario; el texto solo describe desbordamiento de búfer y corrupción de memoria, sin ejecución de comandos ni otro impacto, así que no se asigna impacto.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Application Isolation and SandboxingExploit ProtectionUpdate Software

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

HPE — Nonstop Rdma Services NSKAI

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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