---
title: "CVE-2026-85234: tftp-hpa - Denial of Service"
description: "tftp-hpa contains an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability caused by invalid match offsets passed to genmatchstring() in the in.tftpd remap engine when processing inverse remap rules with custom error messages, letting remote unauthenticated attackers cause denial of service."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-85234/
---

# CVE-2026-85234 tftp-hpa - Denial of Service

tftp-hpa contains an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability caused by invalid match offsets passed to genmatchstring() in the in.tftpd remap engine when processing inverse remap rules with custom error messages, letting remote unauthenticated attackers cause denial of service.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.47% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85234)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published

15 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-125](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of tftp-hpa.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85234](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85234)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85234](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85234)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2460997](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460997)
- [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git/commit/?id=4b493532f5ce052a1c124acd0661233ec7918327](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git/commit/?id=4b493532f5ce052a1c124acd0661233ec7918327)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78952](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78952)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80663](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80663)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82280](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82280)

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