CVE-2026-71979
Unauthenticated remote buffer overflow in indiserver causes daemon crash (DoS)
Is CVE-2026-71979 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-71979 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-71979?
CVE-2026-71979 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-71979?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-71979. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-71979 affect?
CVE-2026-71979 affects INDI indiserver <= 2.2.4.2, Service listening on TCP port 7624. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-71979?
Apply patched commit/release (96bbd7f) or block TCP/7624 until patched
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated remote DoS: single TCP packet to port 7624 with oversized XML tag crashes indiserver, disrupting client/driver sessions.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 2.2.4.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.