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.
Published: 2026-09-29
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Es
Es iperf3
Vendors & Products Es
Es iperf3

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title iperf3 < 3.22 UDP Receive Worker Infinite Loop DoS
Weaknesses CWE-835
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T19:25:56.306Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T19:17:36.656Z

Link: CVE-2026-102253

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T19:25:50.840Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-29T21:17:13.640

Modified: 2026-09-30T20:17:21.840

Link: CVE-2026-102253

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-29T20:11:47Z

Links: CVE-2026-102253 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T20:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-835

    Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')