Vulnerability · CVE-2026-5124
A security vulnerability has been detected in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0.
Published Mar 30, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · A security vulnerability has
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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5124. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of A security vulnerability has is installed.
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- Severity
- Medium6.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.47%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe osrg/gobgp
A security vulnerability has been detected in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. Affected is the function BGPHeader.DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go of the component BGP Header Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The identifier of the patch is f0f24a2a901cbf159260698211ab15c583ced131. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
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- cpe osrg/gobgpversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-5124
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
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Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5124. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of A security vulnerability has is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-266; CWE-284: Improper Access Control. EPSS 0.47%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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Timeline
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Mar 30, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
A security vulnerability has been detected in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. Affected is the function BGPHeader.DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go of the component BGP Header Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The identifier
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A security vulnerability has been detected in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. Affected is the function BGPHeader.DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go of the component BGP Header Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The identifier
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5124
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-5124
30-day exploitation probability 0.5%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5124
A security vulnerability has been detected in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. Affected is the function BGPHeader.DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go of the component BGP Header Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Remote exploitation of the attack is
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.