🛡️ CVE-2026-56123 on BellSoft — socat

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-56123 as tracked by BellSoft, for the package socat. The fix is available in version 1.8.1.2-r0; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

BELL-CVE-2026-56123 is recorded against 1 package.

  • socat (from 1.8.0.0-r0 up to 1.8.1.2-r0)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 June 2026 and last revised on 28 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

docs.bell-sw.com (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-26
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-28
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
socat 1.8.0.0-r0 1.8.1.2-r0

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