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CVE-2026-13588 medium CVSS 5.6

Buffer Overflow in seladb PcapPlusPlus (CVE-2026-13588)

Summary

Vulnerability in seladb PcapPlusPlus (CVE-2026-13588). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function pcpp::SSLClientHelloMessage::getHandshakeVersion of the file Packet++/src/SSLHandshake.cpp of the component TLS Hello Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument handshakeVersion can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-13588 has been found in seladb PcapPlusPlus.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.6/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "seladb PcapPlusPlus CVE-2026-13588" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-13588 (seladb PcapPlusPlus) — CWE-119 / CVSS v3 5.6
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in seladb PcapPlusPlus.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of seladb PcapPlusPlus.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.6/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで seladb PcapPlusPlus を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

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