FreeBSD-SA-26:60.ppp Security Advisory

{
  "id": "1936ad0bf344fc9dda4350e694b7264799cf21810fa3a7b4d668649de2eafe18",
  "url": "https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:60.ppp.asc",
  "method": "llm",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "patch",
    "title": "FreeBSD-SA-26:60.ppp Security Advisory",
    "summary": "FreeBSD corrected three memory safety errors in ppp(8) that could allow a malicious PPP peer or local user with access to its command interface to crash the program or potentially execute arbitrary code as root. Upgrade to a supported stable or release branch dated after the correction date.",
    "evidence": "ppp(8) contained three memory safety errors in its handling of multilink endpoint discriminator options.",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "FreeBSD",
          "evidence": "All supported versions of FreeBSD."
        },
        "prerequisites": [
          {
            "value": "unprivileged users must belong to the \"network\" group in order to execute it.",
            "evidence": "However, unprivileged users must belong to the \"network\" group in order to execute it."
          }
        ],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "15.1-RELEASE-p3",
            "evidence": "2026-08-25 16:01:27 UTC (releng/15.1, 15.1-RELEASE-p3)"
          },
          {
            "value": "15.0-RELEASE-p13",
            "evidence": "2026-08-25 16:01:07 UTC (releng/15.0, 15.0-RELEASE-p13)"
          },
          {
            "value": "14.4-RELEASE-p9",
            "evidence": "2026-08-25 16:00:28 UTC (releng/14.4, 14.4-RELEASE-p9)"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "All supported versions of FreeBSD.",
            "evidence": "Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "fixed_cves": [],
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-58095",
        "evidence": "CVE Name: CVE-2026-58095, CVE-2026-58096, CVE-2026-58097"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-58096",
        "evidence": "CVE Name: CVE-2026-58095, CVE-2026-58096, CVE-2026-58097"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-58097",
        "evidence": "CVE Name: CVE-2026-58095, CVE-2026-58096, CVE-2026-58097"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "official-freebsd-security",
  "document_id": 23631,
  "published_at": "2026-08-25T00:00:00+00:00"
}