# CVE-2026-16277: Rpcbind: rpcbind: stack buffer overflow in rpcinfo rpcbaddrlist()

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-20 · Updated: 2026-07-21

## Affected

- rpcbind: version range not reported
- rpcbind: version range not reported
- rpcbind: version range not reported
- rpcbind: version range not reported

## Description

A stack-based buffer overflow was found in rpcbind's rpcinfo utility. When querying a remote rpcbind service with `rpcinfo -l`, address information returned by the server is copied into a fixed-size buffer without sufficient bounds checking. A malicious or compromised rpcbind server could use this flaw to crash the rpcinfo client, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rpcbind, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16277
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462085
- https://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/rpcbind.git;a=commitdiff;h=bb9bb7286a4c345442946dc2ce3c9e7f67e96d4d
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/advisories/consolidated.html

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