CVE-2026-79825
7.1HighPublished 15 Oct 2026 · NVD status: Awaiting Analysis · AI triage by gemini-3.8-flash
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Impact
- High impact on integrity, availability
- Weakness
- CWE-122
Impact
A local authenticated attacker can hijack execution flow or crash the service, leading to unauthorized modification and denial of service. They require local system access with low-level privileges to exploit this.
Root cause
A heap-based buffer overflow corrupts the resume-execution address within the service.
Affected systems
HPE NonStop NDSREST; exact versions not listed — check the vendor advisory.
CVSS v3.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Fix & remediation
Review the vendor advisory at HPE document ID hpesbns05148en_us to obtain the appropriate patch or SPR for your NonStop OS release.
AI-suggested. Run it in staging first and check it against the vendor advisory. Why?
NVD description
A heap buffer overflow in HPE NonStop NDSREST could corrupt resume-execution address and may potentially redirect execution flow.