Medium severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-23679
libusb < 1.0.30 NULL Pointer Dereference in parse_interface()
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libusb before version 1.0.30 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a malformed USB configuration descriptor where an interface claims bNumEndpoints greater than zero but is followed by a class-specific descriptor whose bLength exceeds the remaining buffer size, causing parse_interface() to return early without allocating the endpoint array. Attackers can exploit this flaw through libusb_get_active_config_descriptor or libusb_get_config_descriptor by providing crafted descriptors via virtualized USB passthrough, file-based descriptor parsing, or network sources, causing any application iterating over endpoints to dereference a NULL endpoint pointer and crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
libusb · libusb
before 1.0.30 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23679
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23679
Patch
https://github.com/libusb/libusb/commit/578ab76b4c434f8b204137ab6d7310689c7a9704
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/libusb/libusb/issues/1813
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/libusb/libusb/pull/1814
Product
https://github.com/libusb/libusb/releases/tag/v1.0.30
Patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libusb-null-pointer-dereference-in-parse-interface
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