🛡️ CVE-2026-5720 on Debian — miniupnpd
Description
miniupnpd contains an integer underflow vulnerability in SOAPAction header parsing that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or information disclosure by sending a malformed SOAPAction header with a single quote. Attackers can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read by exploiting improper length validation in ParseHttpHeaders(), where the parsed length underflows to a large unsigned value when passed to memchr(), causing the process to scan memory far beyond the allocated HTTP request buffer.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2026-5720 as tracked by Debian, for the package miniupnpd. The fix is available in version 2.3.10-1; 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 none, availability high.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5720 is classified as CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The code reads past the limits of a buffer, exposing adjacent memory contents or crashing the process.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5720 is recorded against 1 package.
- miniupnpd (fixed in 2.3.10-1)
Timeline and source
Published on 17 April 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2026-5720 on other distributions
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Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| miniupnpd | — | 2.3.10-1 |
References
Similar Threats
- Critical CVE-2026-5720
- Unknown UBUNTU-CVE-2026-5720
Exploit Protection
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