CVE-2026-55995
CVE-2026-55995 is a CWE-415 vulnerability. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2026-55995 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
A Double Free vulnerability in open-iscsi allows an unauthenticated MITM attacker to cause DoS. This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 56718d4e9d1a4f51c30697b5c0534144bb41c9bb.
Description
A Double Free vulnerability in open-iscsi allows an unauthenticated MITM attacker to cause DoS.
This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 56718d4e9d1a4f51c30697b5c0534144bb41c9bb.
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for the affected component. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Remediation status
No patched version of the affected component has shipped for CVE-2026-55995 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2026-55995 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2026-55995. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-55995 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2026-55995 across dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.