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high 8.7

CVE-2026-63384 json

Libevent: `evtag_unmarshal_header()` decodes a wire `uint32` length into a signed `int` return value.

published 4mo ago modified 16d ago also EUVD-2026-63507 , GHSA-45c6-qx49-89m8

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository libevent/libevent. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
8.7
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has an incorrect integer conversion in event_tagging.c when evtag_unmarshal_header uses evtag_decode_int to decode an attacker-controlled uint32 payload length and returns it as a signed int. Values above INT_MAX become negative or truncated, and evtag_unmarshal_string can use the converted value in allocation sizing, producing a wrapped large allocation request and denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.

Patch / fix

  • libevent_project libevent 2.1.13, 2.2.2-alpha
  • libevent Debian 12 2.1.12-stable-8+deb12u1
  • libevent Debian 13 2.1.13-stable-1~deb13u1
  • libevent Debian 14 2.1.13-stable-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63384

  • libevent Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1
  • libevent Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1
  • libevent Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1
  • libevent Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.2+esm1
  • libevent Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  • libevent Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • libevent Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63384

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libevent RHEL 9 2.1.13-1.el9_8
  • libevent RHEL 8 2.1.8-11.el8_10
  • libevent RHEL 10.2 2.1.13-1.el10_2
  • libevent hummingbird 1 2.1.12-19.1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:67910RHSA-2026:67908RHSA-2026:67909RHSA-2026:60853

  • libevent openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.1.13-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12330-1

  • libevent AlmaLinux 8 2.1.8-11.el8_10
  • libevent AlmaLinux 10 2.1.13-1.el10_2
  • libevent AlmaLinux 9 2.1.13-1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:67908ALSA-2026:67909ALSA-2026:67910

  • libevent Rocky Linux 10 2.1.13-1.el10_2
  • libevent Rocky Linux 8 2.1.8-11.el8_10
  • libevent Rocky Linux 9 2.1.13-1.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:67909RLSA-2026:67908RLSA-2026:67910

  • libevent Azure Linux 3.0 2.1.13-1
  • mysql Azure Linux 3.0 8.0.46-2
  • ntp Azure Linux 3.0 4.2.8p17-3

azure linux advisories AZL-96935AZL-97524AZL-97554

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-63384 updated cvss 7.5

libevent: Libevent: Denial of Service via integer conversion error in `evtag_unmarshal_header`

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libevent 1.4.13-4.el6, libevent2 2.0.21-2.el6
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libevent 1.4.13-4.el6 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9 1790272426, cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9 1790589855, cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9 1790223279, cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9 1790589912, cert-manager/cert-manager-istio-csr-rhel9 1790223719, cert-manager/cert-manager-istio-csr-rhel9 1790589914, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:72475
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libevent-devel 2.1.8-11.el8_10, libevent-debuginfo 2.1.8-11.el8_10, libevent-debugsource 2.1.8-11.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67908
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libevent-doc 2.1.13-1.el9_8, libevent-devel 2.1.13-1.el9_8, libevent-debuginfo 2.1.13-1.el9_8, libevent-debugsource 2.1.13-1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67910
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) libevent-doc 2.1.13-1.el10_2, libevent-devel 2.1.13-1.el10_2, libevent-debuginfo 2.1.13-1.el10_2, libevent-debugsource 2.1.13-1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67909
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) libevent 2.1.8-11.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67908
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) libevent 2.1.13-1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67910
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) libevent 2.1.13-1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67909
  • Red Hat Hardened Images libevent 2.1.12-19.1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:60853
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 rhcos 4.22.9.8.202610241758
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:89197
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 rhui5/cds-rhel9 1790241954, rhui5/rhua-rhel9 1790242004, rhui5/haproxy-rhel9 1790241900, rhui5/installer-rhel9 1790241922, rhui5/cds-kubernetes-rhel9 1790241897
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71603
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9 1790223630 Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-llama-stack-k8s-operator-rhel9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/libevent/libevent/security/advisories/GHSA-45c6-qx49-89m8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • libevent libevent

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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The maintainers of libevent/libevent published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.