# CVE-2026-18938: P11-kit: integer overflow in rpc attribute-array length calculation can under-allocate nested attribute storage on 32 bit systems

- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-07

## Affected

- p11-kit: version range not reported
- p11-kit: version range not reported
- p11-kit: version range not reported
- p11-kit: version range not reported
- p11-kit: version range not reported
- p11-kit: version range not reported
- rhcos: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in p11-kit. A local attacker, or one with equivalent access to a reachable RPC channel, could exploit an integer overflow vulnerability. By sending specially crafted messages, the attacker can cause the system to miscalculate memory allocation for nested attributes. This leads to a memory corruption issue, specifically a heap out-of-bounds write, which can crash the p11-kit RPC parsing process, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). This vulnerability is only exploitable on 32 bit systems.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on p11-kit, rhcos, 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-2026-18938
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478995

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