CVE-2026-45253
Published: 21 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-45253 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 5.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.
NVD Description
ptrace(PT_SC_REMOTE) failed to properly validate parameters for the syscall(2) and __syscall(2) meta-system calls. As a result, a user with the ability to debug a process may trigger arbitrary code execution in the kernel, even if the target process has no…
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special privileges. The missing validation allows an unprivileged local user to escalate privileges, potentially gaining full control of the affected system.
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EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-31257