CVE-2019-25326 ipPulse 1.92 - 'Enter Key' Denial of Service
Local attackers can crash the ipPulse application by pasting oversized input into the Enter Key field, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-25326?
CVE-2019-25326 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Northwest Performance Software, Inc. ipPulse, published on 18 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ipPulse 1.92 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by providing an oversized input in the Enter Key field. Attackers can generate a 256-byte buffer of repeated 'A' characters to trigger an application crash when pasting the malicious content.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25326?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nwpsw Ippulse.
How do I fix CVE-2019-25326?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25326 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-25326 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25326 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mj9j-hqwg-6r6g.