# CVE-2026-42285: GoBGP: Panic in AdjRib.Update via malformed BGP Update message (Nil Pointer Dereference)

- Also known as: GHSA-P3W2-64XM-833J, GO-2026-5525
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.5.0
- Published: 2026-05-07 · Updated: 2026-05-07

## Affected

- osrg gobgp: 4.4.0
- github.com/osrg/gobgp/v4 (Go): from 4.4.0, fixed in 4.5.0
- github.com/osrg/gobgp/v4 (Go): from 4.4.0, fixed in 4.5.0

## Description

GoBGP is an open source Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) implementation in the Go Programming Language. In version 4.4.0, an unauthenticated remote BGP peer can trigger a fatal panic in GoBGP by sending a specially crafted BGP UPDATE message. When the server receives a message with inconsistent attribute lengths, it improperly handles the internal state transition to a "withdraw" action, leading to a nil pointer dereference in the AdjRib.Update function. This causes the entire GoBGP process to crash, resulting in a complete loss of service availability. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on osrg gobgp, github.com/osrg/gobgp/v4, upgrade to a fixed version (4.5.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/osrg/gobgp/security/advisories/GHSA-p3w2-64xm-833j
- https://github.com/osrg/gobgp/releases/tag/v4.5.0

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