{"id":"RLSA-2026:83563","summary":"Important: rpcbind security update","details":"The rpcbind utility is a server that converts Remote Procedure Call (RPC) program numbers into universal addresses. It must be running on the host to be able to make RPC calls on a server on that machine.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* rpcbind: Unbounded memory allocation in rpcbind statistics tracking allows unauthenticated remote denial of service (CVE-2026-94640)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.","modified":"2026-10-16T12:45:02.659623007Z","published":"2026-10-16T12:01:11.432230Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-94640"],"database_specific":{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_advisory":"RHSA-2026:83563"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:83563"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462960"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83563"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rpcbind","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/rpcbind?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:1.2.5-11.el8_10"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:83563.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}