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CVE-2026-23401
medium
CVSS 5.5
Use-After-Free in c (CVE-2026-23401)
Summary
vulnerability in c (CVE-2026-23401). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2026-23401** has been found in c.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "c CVE-2026-23401" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-23401 (c) — CWE-416 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**use-after-free** (CWE-416) exists in c.
📍 Affected scope
c — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'c' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'c' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `c` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23401
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aad885e774966e97b675dfe928da164214a71605
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/459158151a158a6703b49f3c9de0e536d8bd553f
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/695320de6eadb75aaed8be1787c4ce4c189e4c7b
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bce7fe59d43531623f3e43779127bfb33804925d
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd28c5618699180cd69619801e9ae6a5266c0a22
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed5909992f344a7d3f4024261e9f751d9618a27d
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20656cd1f243d3a154aac5dd1b823110b6906fe1
- web https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-23401.json
- web https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453803
- web https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23401
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20593
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19875
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19569
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19568
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19521
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15883
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14339
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14230
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14137
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13936
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13932
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13578
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13577
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2g4m-3wvw-crq2
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36530
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36531
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36532
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36533
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36534