DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55556
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-55556
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55556.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55556
- Upstream
- Published
- 2026-09-18T17:16:57Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-23T08:47:32Z
- Severity
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- 8.2 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Rsyslog is a rocket-fast system for log processing. From 8.2110.0 until 8.2604.0, the optional imhttp module's parse_auth_header function in contrib/imhttp/imhttp.c allocates a zero-byte heap buffer with calloc(0, len) when an HTTP Basic Authorization value exceeds its fixed work buffer, then passes that pointer to apr_base64_decode. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send an oversized encoded credential to an imhttp endpoint configured for Basic Authentication, causing decoded data to overwrite adjacent heap memory before credential validation. Deployments that do not install, load, and use imhttp with Basic Authentication are not affected. The demonstrated impact is a process crash that interrupts log collection, and code execution has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 8.2604.0.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:12 / rsyslog
Package
- Name
- rsyslog
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
8.*
Debian:13 / rsyslog
Package
- Name
- rsyslog
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=trixie
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
8.*
Debian:14 / rsyslog
Package
- Name
- rsyslog
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=forky
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed8.2604.0-1