CVE-2026-102253

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

Description

iperf3 versions prior to 3.22 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash-loop the server's UDP receive worker into an unrecoverable infinite loop by sending a single crafted control-channel parameter message followed by one 16-byte UDP datagram. Attackers can permanently pin the affected per-stream receive thread at approximately 100% CPU usage, rendering the server unusable until forcibly killed with SIGKILL, as the process does not respond to normal control-channel closure.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

iperf3Debian

Fixed in:3.22-0.1CVE-2026-102253

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-13935	High	7.5	87%	-	Fix
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CVE-2020-36227	High	7.5	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-0778	High	7.5	73%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20353	High	8.6	71%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-14241	High	7.5	70%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-102253?

Upgrade iperf3 on debian unstable to 3.22-0.1 or later.

Is CVE-2026-102253 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-102253 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.43% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 35% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-102253?

CVE-2026-102253 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated important. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-102253 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for iperf3 (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-09-30.