# CVE-2026-4652: Remote denial of service via null pointer dereference

> Remote attackers can cause a kernel panic and denial of service on FreeBSD systems by sending malformed NVMe/TCP CONNECT commands.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wr95-7j53-j5c2

## What is CVE-2026-4652?

CVE-2026-4652 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 26 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

On a system exposing an NVMe/TCP target, a remote client can trigger a kernel panic by sending a CONNECT command for an I/O queue with a bogus or stale CNTLID.

An attacker with network access to the NVMe/TCP target can trigger an unauthenticated Denial of Service condition on the affected machine.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-4652?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freebsd Freebsd.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-4652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-4652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-4652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-4652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd

- [CVE-2018-17160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17160/): Memory corruption in FreeBSD (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-3954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3954/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-4304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4304/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0226/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0002/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-4652 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-4652 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 26 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-4652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Freebsd Freebsd. 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-2026-4652/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4652/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4652
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4652
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-4652

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4652/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.