Description
A flaw was found in rpcbind. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a large number of unique requests. The rpcbind service records previously unseen RPC (Remote Procedure Call) statistics in unbounded in-memory lists, leading to persistent memory growth and increased CPU usage. This can degrade or exhaust service availability.
Published: 2026-09-22
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Restrict network access to the `rpcbind` service on port 111 to trusted systems. This can be achieved by configuring firewall rules to limit inbound connections. For example, using `firewalld` on Red Hat Enterprise Linux: ```bash # To allow access only from a specific trusted network (e.g., 192.168.1.0/24) firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="192.168.1.0/24" port port="111" protocol="tcp" accept' firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="192.168.1.0/24" port port="111" protocol="udp" accept' firewall-cmd --reload ``` If `rpcbind` is only required for local services, ensure it is configured to listen only on the loopback interface or is otherwise protected from external network exposure. Applying these firewall rules will take effect immediately upon `firewall-cmd --reload` and may temporarily interrupt existing connections to `rpcbind`.

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Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in rpcbind. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a large number of unique requests. The rpcbind service records previously unseen RPC (Remote Procedure Call) statistics in unbounded in-memory lists, leading to persistent memory growth and increased CPU usage. This can degrade or exhaust service availability.
Title Rpcbind: unbounded memory allocation in rpcbind statistics tracking allows unauthenticated remote denial of service
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
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'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Openshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-22T15:39:49.022Z

Reserved: 2026-09-21T23:00:00.501Z

Link: CVE-2026-94640

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