A heap-based buffer overflow was found in Corosync's Totem Process Group (totempg) message reassembly. When processing fragmented multicast messages, the buffer used to reassemble fragments lacks a runtime bounds check in release builds. A network-adjacent attacker able to send crafted multicast protocol messages to the cluster could cause a heap buffer overflow with attacker-controlled data. This can crash the Corosync daemon, causing a denial of service to the entire cluster, and may potentially allow further exploitation given sufficient heap-corruption control.

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There is no complete mitigation for this vulnerability short of a fix, but the following steps significantly reduce risk: 1. Ensure cluster message authentication is enabled in corosync.conf: set crypto_cipher to aes256 and crypto_hash to sha256 (or stronger) in the totem {} block, with a shared key generated by corosync-keygen. This is the default when clusters are configured via 'pcs cluster setup', and disabling it (cipher=none/hash=none) is an explicitly unsupported configuration per upstream maintainer guidance. 2. Restrict network access to the cluster communication ports (default 5405-5412/UDP) to trusted cluster node addresses only, using firewalld or other firewall rules. 3. Ensure SELinux is running in enforcing mode on cluster nodes to limit the impact of any successful exploitation.

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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Description A heap-based buffer overflow was found in Corosync's Totem Process Group (totempg) message reassembly. When processing fragmented multicast messages, the buffer used to reassemble fragments lacks a runtime bounds check in release builds. A network-adjacent attacker able to send crafted multicast protocol messages to the cluster could cause a heap buffer overflow with attacker-controlled data. This can crash the Corosync daemon, causing a denial of service to the entire cluster, and may potentially allow further exploitation given sufficient heap-corruption control.
Title Corosync: corosync: heap-based buffer overflow in totempg assembly buffer during fragmented message reassembly
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-122
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
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Metrics cvssV3_1

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


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-04T09:05:35.890Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T10:38:28.793Z

Link: CVE-2026-81665

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-04T09:17:11.357

Modified: 2026-09-04T09:17:11.357

Link: CVE-2026-81665

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-04T10:30:17Z

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