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tftp-hpa — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-106026

tftp-hpa 5.4 before 6.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in rewrite_string() in tftpd/remap.c that walks heap memory during jump label searches. Unauthenticated remote attackers can send read or write requests whose filename matches a remap jump rule to crash the forked in.tftpd request handler.

Products
tftp-hpa
Affected versions
5.2+20140608-3ubuntu1, 5.2+20150808-1.2build1, 5.2+20150808-1.2build2, 5.2+20150808-1.4, 5.2+20150808-1.4build1, 5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1, 5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1.16.04.1, 5.2+20150808-1ubuntu3, 5.2+20150808-1ubuntu4, 5.2+20240610-3, 5.2-7ubuntu3, 5.2-7ubuntu3.1, 5.3+20251110-1, 5.3+20251116-1, 5.3+20251209-1, 5.3+20251209-2, 5.4-1, 5.4-2
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-106026
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-106026

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC

tftp-hpa 5.4 before 6.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in rewrite_string() in tftpd/remap.c that walks heap memory during jump label searches. Unauthenticated remote attackers can send read or write requests whose filename matches a remap jump rule to crash the forked in.tftpd request handler.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-106026

tftp-hpa

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tftp-hpa

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tftp-hpa

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tftp-hpa

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tftp-hpa

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tftp-hpa

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tftp-hpa

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tftp-hpa

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Complete source record
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        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-106026",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-106026",
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