CVE-2026-101283 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

iperf3 3.20–3.21 (esnet/iperf) has a pre-auth heap buffer overflow in decrypt_rsa_message(): a 256-byte RSA buffer is BIO_read with the attacker-controlled ciphertext length (guard warns only), so an unauthenticated client overflows the heap via an oversized authtoken; fixed in 3.22

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://newreleases.io/project/github/esnet/iperf/release/3.22

History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Pre-Authentication Heap Buffer Overflow in iperf3 RSA Decryption

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		iperf3 3.20–3.21 (esnet/iperf) has a pre-auth heap buffer overflow in decrypt_rsa_message(): a 256-byte RSA buffer is BIO_read with the attacker-controlled ciphertext length (guard warns only), so an unauthenticated client overflows the heap via an oversized authtoken; fixed in 3.22
Weaknesses		CWE-122
References		https://newreleases.io/project/github/esnet/iperf/release/3.22
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Anthropic

Published: 2026-09-30T21:32:14.699Z

Updated: 2026-09-30T21:32:14.699Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T12:01:09.970Z

Link: CVE-2026-101283

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T22:16:33.317

Modified: 2026-10-01T02:17:43.350

Link: CVE-2026-101283

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T23:00:17Z

Weaknesses

CWE-122

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