CVE-2026-64423: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2026-64423 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) security vulnerability vulnerability (CWE-416: Use After Free) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The weakness occurs when the product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. at some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2026-64423 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 7.8
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2026-64423
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Software dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:tree
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2026-64423, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:tree
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Software in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-416: Use After Free, where the product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. at some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. In Software, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"modified" : "2026-10-15T03:36:21Z",
"published" : "2026-07-25T12:31:35Z",
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"details" : "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv4: igmp: remove multicast group from hash table on device destruction\n\nWhen a device is destroyed under RTNL, ip_mc_destroy_dev() iterates through\nthe multicast list and calls ip_ma_put() on each membership, scheduling\nthem for RCU reclamation. However, they are not unlinked from the device's\nmulticast hash table (mc_hash).\n\nSince the device remains published in dev->ip_ptr until after\nip_mc_destroy_dev() completes, concurrent RCU readers traversing mc_hash\ncan still locate and access the multicast group after its refcount is\ndecremented. If the RCU callback runs and frees the group while a reader is\naccessing it, a use-after-free occurs.\n\nFix this by unlinking the multicast group from mc_hash using\nip_mc_hash_remove() before scheduling it for reclamation.\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu+0x149/0x3f0\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff888009bf1408 by task mausezahn/2276\n\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x90\n print_report+0x175/0x7c0\n kasan_report+0x147/0x180\n ip_check_mc_rcu+0x149/0x3f0\n udp_v4_early_demux+0x36d/0x12d0\n ip_rcv_finish_core+0xb8b/0x1390\n ip_rcv_finish+0x54/0x120\n NF_HOOK+0x213/0x2b0\n __netif_receive_skb+0x126/0x340\n process_backlog+0x4f2/0xf00\n __napi_poll+0x92/0x2c0\n net_rx_action+0x583/0xc60\n handle_softirqs+0x236/0x7f0\n do_softirq+0x57/0x80\n </IRQ>\n\nAllocated by task 2239:\n kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x72/0x90\n ____ip_mc_inc_group+0x31a/0xa40\n __ip_mc_join_group+0x334/0x3f0\n do_ip_setsockopt+0x16fa/0x2010\n ip_setsockopt+0x3f/0x90\n do_sock_setsockopt+0x1ad/0x300\n\nFreed by task 0:\n kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80\n kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50\n __kasan_slab_free+0x3a/0x60\n __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare+0xd4/0x220\n rcu_free_sheaf+0x36/0x190\n rcu_core+0x8d9/0x12f0\n handle_softirqs+0x236/0x7f0",
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