{"id":"AZL-95529","summary":"CVE-2026-72712 affecting package nmap for versions less than 7.95-5","details":"Nmap versions up to and including 7.99 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted packet containing a zero-length TCP option. The malformed packet forces the Packet:parse_options() function in nselib/packet.lua to allocate objects in an infinite loop, causing an out-of-memory condition that results in application crash.","modified":"2026-09-20T05:33:47Z","published":"2026-08-11T18:18:23Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-72712"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72712"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nmap","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/nmap"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.95-5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-95529.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}