CVE-2026-55556
Rsyslog: Heap buffer overflow in imhttp plugin Basic Authentication handling
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.2 High
- Published
- Sep 18, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 22, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 16, 2026
Description
Rsyslog is a rocket-fast system for log processing. From 8.2110.0 until 8.2604.0, the optional imhttp module's parse_auth_header function in contrib/imhttp/imhttp.c allocates a zero-byte heap buffer with calloc(0, len) when an HTTP Basic Authorization value exceeds its fixed work buffer, then passes that pointer to apr_base64_decode. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send an oversized encoded credential to an imhttp endpoint configured for Basic Authentication, causing decoded data to overwrite adjacent heap memory before credential validation. Deployments that do not install, load, and use imhttp with Basic Authentication are not affected. The demonstrated impact is a process crash that interrupts log collection, and code execution has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 8.2604.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.2 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
rsyslogrsyslog |
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References
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/security/advisories/GHSA-947w-69ph-mc2r
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/6722
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/acde2ba25ea33816694b787859f4a727a247b6d6
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/releases/tag/v8.2604.0
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/23/4
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