CVE-2026-94056 (GCVE-0-2026-94056)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-19 22:52 – Updated: 2026-09-19 22:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Exim before 4.100.1, when Proxy-Protocol is used with an attacker-controlled proxy, allows attackers to read certain uninitialized data from stack memory.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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