# CVE-2026-58058: Nmap - Integer Underflow in IPv6 Extension Header Parsing

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-06-28 · Updated: 2026-06-29

## Affected

- Nmap: through 7.99

## Description

Nmap through 7.99 does not keep the IPv6 extension-header walk within the captured packet in ipv6_get_data_primitive (libnetutil/netutil.cc), so the pointer advances past the buffer and the remaining-length computation underflows to a large value. A scanned target or on-path attacker returning a crafted IPv6 response with a truncated extension header can trigger out-of-bounds reads and a crash during raw IPv6 scans.

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/bikini/exploitarium/tree/main/nmap-ipv6-extlen-wrap-poc
- https://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/bb6754e76bb1686315008e1aa1c40202a513fb83
- https://nmap.org/changelog.html
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nmap-integer-underflow-in-ipv6-extension-header-parsing
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52647

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