# CVE-2026-25281: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in OOBM

> Attackers can cause transient denial of service in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware by sending large or numerous request buffers.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jcr-g5h3-j6gr

## What is CVE-2026-25281?

CVE-2026-25281 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Cologne Firmware, published on 17 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Transient DOS when processing large or numerous request buffers without sufficient memory allocation validation.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-25281?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Qualcomm Cologne Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9378c Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8840 Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8845 Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8845h Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-25281?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-25281 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-25281 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-25281 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Cologne Firmware

- [CVE-2026-25283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25283/): Stack-based Buffer Overflow in OOBM (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-25282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25282/): Out-of-bounds Read in OOBM (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2026-57555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-57555/): Use After Free in DSP Service (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-57559](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-57559/): Use After Free in DSP_Services (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-59607](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59607/): Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Windows Compute (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-25281 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-25281 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Cologne Firmware, published on 17 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-25281 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Cologne Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25281/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25281/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25281
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25281
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25281

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25281/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.