Name: CVE-2026-94287: Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-94287, CWE-1050, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.001

A denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path in libXpm before 3.5.19 could be used by local attackers to cause unbounded CPU usage and memory exhaustion.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade libxpm	Oct 20, 2026	Sep 28, 2026
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Sep 29, 2026	Sep 28, 2026
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade xpmutilsUpgrade libxpm4	Oct 6, 2026	Oct 1, 2026

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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