Findings

CVE-2026-86846

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto.

Published Oct 14, 2026 · updated Oct 14, 2026

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. A guest can supply an avail-ring descriptor index that is used without bounds checking, causing an out-of-bounds write in the host vhost-crypto backend.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. A guest can supply an avail-ring descriptor index that is used without bounds checking, causing an out-of-bounds write in the host vhost-crypto backend.

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. A guest can supply an avail-ring descriptor index that is used without bounds checking, causing an out-of-bounds write in the host vhost-crypto backend.

Sources

  • CVE.orgCVE-2026-86846

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2026-86846

    A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. A guest can supply an avail-ring descriptor index that is used without bounds checking, causing an out-of-bounds write in the host vhost-crypto backend.

    nvd.nist.gov

References