CVE-2026-55980 Denial-of-service vulnerability in CatchPulse
An attacker can cause a denial of service in CatchPulse via a stack buffer overrun, requiring a patch from SecureAge.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-55980?
CVE-2026-55980 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in SecureAge CatchPulse, published on 6 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial-of-service vulnerability in CatchPulse could allow an attacker to conduct a stack buffer overrun attack, leading to a denial-of-service condition.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-55980?
How do I fix CVE-2026-55980?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-55980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-55980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-55980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ffmw-m245-3h88.