CVE-2026-79838
7.3HighPublished 15 Oct 2026 · NVD status: Awaiting Analysis · AI triage by gemini-3.8-flash
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Impact
- High impact on availability
- Weakness
- CWE-121
Impact
A local attacker with user interaction can cause memory corruption and crash the application, potentially leading to denial of service or code execution. They require local access, basic account privileges, and a user to trigger an action.
Root cause
A stack-based buffer overflow in HPE NonStop ODBC/MX Services allows memory corruption.
Affected systems
HPE NonStop ODBC/MX Services (exact version ranges not listed — check the vendor advisory).
CVSS v3.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Fix & remediation
Consult HPE security bulletin hpesbns05148en_us to obtain the patched release or workarounds for NonStop ODBC/MX Services.
AI-suggested. Run it in staging first and check it against the vendor advisory. Why?
NVD description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in HPE NonStop ODBC/MX Services may cause memory corruption, resulting in application crash.