CVE-2026-79828
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 and corrupt memory on the system. They require local access with low privileges to trigger the flaw.
Root cause
A heap-based buffer overflow allows corruption of the resume-execution address.
Affected systems
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
Check vendor advisory hpesbns05148en_us for the target patched release, and restrict local access to HPE NonStop Debug Utilities until patched.
AI-suggested. Run it in staging first and check it against the vendor advisory. Why?
NVD description
A heap buffer overflow in HPE NonStop Debug Utilities could corrupt resume-execution address and may potentially redirect execution flow.