CVE-2026-118375
Publication date 28 October 2026
Last updated 28 October 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
llama.cpp b8841 before b11865 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the ggml-rpc RDMA transport rdma_recv() function that allows unauthenticated peers to overflow the rpc-server stack. Attackers advertising RDMA capabilities in the HELLO message can send up to 256 KiB into a 1-byte stack variable in rpc_serve_client(), crashing the server or potentially executing code.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| llama.cpp | 26.10 stonking |
Needs evaluation
|
| 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
9.2 · Critical
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base score
8.1 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118375
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/30399
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/620d2225cc436ab0b001e3200e590e3b286ef9ab/ggml/src/ggml-rpc/transport.cpp#L510-L528
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/commit/9a0fde9967fa1a35b6e5dd1f47e1a3648b6fecc1
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b11865
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/llama-cpp-b8841-before-b11865-stack-based-buffer-overflow-via-ggml-rpc-rdma-rdma-recv