CVE-2026-13588
seladb PcapPlusPlus TLS Hello SSLHandshake.cpp getHandshakeVersion heap-based overflow
A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function pcpp::SSLClientHelloMessage::getHandshakeVersion of the file Packet++/src/SSLHandshake.cpp of the component TLS Hello Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument handshakeVersion can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.3
seladb PcapPlusPlus TLS Hello SSLHandshake.cpp getHandshakeVersion heap-based overflow
A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function pcpp::SSLClientHelloMessage::getHandshakeVersion of the file Packet++/src/SSLHandshake.cpp of the component TLS Hello Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument handshakeVersion can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-13588- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P - CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - CVSS 3.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - CVSS 2.0
- 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-40148
6.3
A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function pcpp::SSLClientHelloMessage::getHandshakeVersion of the file Packet++/src/SSLHandshake.cpp of the component TLS Hello Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument handshakeVersion can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
- Record
EUVD-2026-40148- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9f2x-4g7j-783f
2.9
A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function...
A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function pcpp::SSLClientHelloMessage::getHandshakeVersion of the file Packet++/src/SSLHandshake.cpp of the component TLS Hello Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument handshakeVersion can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
- Record
GHSA-9f2x-4g7j-783f- CVSS 4.0
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
2.9
A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function pcpp::SSLClientHelloMessage::getHandshakeVersion of the file Packet++/src/SSLHandshake.cpp of the component TLS Hello Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument handshakeVersion can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-13588- CVSS 4.0
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
2.9
seladb PcapPlusPlus TLS Hello SSLHandshake.cpp getHandshakeVersion heap-based overflow
A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function pcpp::SSLClientHelloMessage::getHandshakeVersion of the file Packet++/src/SSLHandshake.cpp of the component TLS Hello Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument handshakeVersion can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-13588- CVSS 4.0
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11883-1 No score
pcapplusplus-devel-26.07-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the pcapplusplus-devel-26.07-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11883-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:22017-1 No score
Security update for pcapplusplus
This update for pcapplusplus fixes the following issues:
Changes in pcapplusplus:
-
Update to version 26.07
- libpcap / WinPcap / Npcap is now optional.
- Bumped the minimum required C++ standard to C++14
Protocol support:
- Added Modbus protocol
- Added DoIP - Diagnostic over Internet Protocol
- Added PostgreSQL Wire Protocol (PGWire), including additional message types
- Added MySQL Wire Protocol
- Discrete FTPControl and FTPData protocol types
- Add support for AccurateECN TCP flag
- Improve SIP packet detection using heuristic parsing
- Recognize LLC payload in SLL2
Added extensive X.509 / cryptography support:
- X.509 certificate decoding, extension parsing, and parsing of X.509 certificates embedded in SSL/TLS messages
- Export/import of X.509 certificates to PEM format, plus a new general-purpose PEM codec
- Cryptographic key decoders (RSA/EC private and public keys)
- Base64 encoding/decoding
- A new X509Toolkit example application
- Expanded ASN.1 codec support: BitString, UTCTime/GeneralizedTime, ObjectIdentifier and string records, plus arbitrary-size integer support
- IFileReaderDevice::createReader() and IFileReaderDevice::tryCreateReader() use file-content heuristics to automatically pick the right reader (pcap/pcapng/snoop) instead of relying solely on the file extension
- Add incremental packet parsing support with Packet::parsePacket()
- Added multi-language README support: Japanese
- IPv4Address/IPv6Address/MacAddress user-defined literals, e.g. constructing addresses directly from string literals, and sized buffer-construction overloads
- Explicit-ownership overloads for RawPacket::setRawData(), and a sized overload for Layer::copyData()
- Improved zstd support: added a build flag to control zstd support
- A new SuppressLogs RAII class for temporarily suppressing log output
- Large-scale internal refactoring of the device layer (PcapLiveDevice, DpdkDeviceList, file readers/writers, statistics tracking), the logging infrastructure, and the packet parsing infrastructure, improving encapsulation, thread-safety, and maintainability
- Improved benchmarking: added a pure-parsing benchmark and extended benchmarks to support PcapNG and Snoop files
- Test refactoring: replace packet creation macros in with C++ functions
- Tons of security and correctness bug fixes
Breaking changes:
- The minimum required C++ standard has been raised to C++14
- IPcapDevice has been removed; its logic now lives in PcapLiveDevice
- libpcap/WinPcap/Npcap is now an optional dependency - building without it disables Pcap++ capture features, though Common++/Packet++ (including pcap file I/O) remain fully usable
- Various internal APIs around device lists and statistics tracking were reworked as part of the refactoring above; this may affect code relying on undocumented internals
Deprecation list:
- IPv6Address::copyTo() has been deprecated, please use IPv6Address::copyToNewBuffer() instead
- MacAddress::copyTo() has been deprecated, please use MacAddress::copyToNewBuffer() instead
- Asn1IntegerRecord::getValue() has been deprecated, please use Asn1IntegerRecord::getIntValue() instead
- RawPacket::getObjectType() has been deprecated due to unclear semantics
- RawPacket::setRawData() has been deprecated, please use the overload that takes takeOwnership parameter for explicit control
- RawPacket::initWithRawData() has been deprecated, please use RawPacket::setRawData() with takeOwnership=false instead
- SSLExtension::SSLExtension() has been deprecated, please use the constructor with bounded span instead
- Several TcpOptionBuilder constructors have been deprecated, please use the new constructors with TcpOptionEnumType instead
- TcpLayer::getTcpOption(TcpOptionType option) has been deprecated,…
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:22017-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pcapplusplusopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 26.07-1.1 | 26.07-1.1 |
pcapplusplusopenSUSE:Leap 16.0 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 26.07-bp160.1.1 | 26.07-bp160.1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-13588 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Seladb Pcapplusplus, published June 29, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
vuldb.com/vuln/374591
vuldb.com/vuln/374591/cti
vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-13588
vuldb.com/submit/844481
github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/issues/2151
github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/pull/2161
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github.com/user-attachments/files/28213479/poc.zip
github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/commit/98e671010bc7c87b95898c22ae289220ae92542b
github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13588
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9f2x-4g7j-783f
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/13xxx/CVE-2026-13588.json
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13587
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13588
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13589
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13590
bugzilla.suse.com/1269618
bugzilla.suse.com/1269619
bugzilla.suse.com/1269620
bugzilla.suse.com/1269621
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