Grid Community Toolkit before 6.2.20261111 (globus-gss-assist before 12.9) contains a heap out-of-bounds write in globus_gss_assist_token_get_fd() triggered by SSLv2 record lengths below 3. Remote unauthenticated clients can send a crafted GSI handshake record to services like globus-gatekeeper and myproxy to corrupt heap memory and crash the service.
History

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Description Grid Community Toolkit before 6.2.20261111 (globus-gss-assist before 12.9) contains a heap out-of-bounds write in globus_gss_assist_token_get_fd() triggered by SSLv2 record lengths below 3. Remote unauthenticated clients can send a crafted GSI handshake record to services like globus-gatekeeper and myproxy to corrupt heap memory and crash the service.
Title Grid Community Toolkit globus-gss-assist before 12.9 Pre-Authentication Heap Out-of-Bounds Write
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-11-13T15:01:44.332Z

Updated: 2026-11-13T15:01:44.332Z

Reserved: 2026-11-06T17:54:13.735Z

Link: CVE-2026-123975

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-13T15:17:34.120

Modified: 2026-11-13T15:17:34.120

Link: CVE-2026-123975

cve-icon Redhat

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