CVE-2026-0515 Denial of service in QNX OS for Medical
A local attacker can crash the QNX Neutrino kernel via insufficient parameter validation in the SchedGet() system call, affecting QNX OS and SDK users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-0515?
CVE-2026-0515 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in BlackBerry Ltd QNX OS for Medical, published on 14 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient Parameter Validation in the SchedGet() system call could allow an attacker with local access to cause a crash of the QNX Neutrino kernel.
Weakness: CWE-233
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-0515?
How do I fix CVE-2026-0515?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-0515 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-2026-0515 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-0515 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vqpx-jx44-jfm6.