The obsolete nis_local_principal function in the GNU C Library version 2.43 and older may overflow a buffer in the data section, which could allow an attacker to spoof a crafted response to a UDP request generated by this function and overwrite neighboring static data in the requesting application.
NIS support is obsolete and has been deprecated in the GNU C Library since version 2.26 and is only maintained for legacy usage. Applications should port away from NIS to more modern identity and access management services.
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| Description | The obsolete nis_local_principal function in the GNU C Library version 2.43 and older may overflow a buffer in the data section, which could allow an attacker to spoof a crafted response to a UDP request generated by this function and overwrite neighboring static data in the requesting application. NIS support is obsolete and has been deprecated in the GNU C Library since version 2.26 and is only maintained for legacy usage. Applications should port away from NIS to more modern identity and access management services. | |
| Title | Static buffer overflow in deprecated nis_local_principal | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-120 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: glibc
Published: 2026-04-20T20:37:23.178Z
Updated: 2026-04-20T20:37:23.178Z
Reserved: 2026-04-01T17:07:51.437Z
Link: CVE-2026-5358
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-20T21:16:36.713
Modified: 2026-04-20T21:16:36.713
Link: CVE-2026-5358
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