CVE-2026-120221

HIGHPre-NVD 8.28.2
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.2 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3% (20th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from a secondary CVSS source
Sources: a secondary CVSS source

Also known asEUVD-2026-125277 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-j25q-23f5-6558 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

8.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationThe upstream fix is not in a release yet: until the release ships, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule, then apply it (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 8.2Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

An upstream fix is merged but not yet released — mitigate (WAF / firewall / segmentation) until the release ships, then apply it.

In FRRouting, bgpd frees the same memory twice when dynamic BGP neighbors disconnect, if the peer-group used by a "bgp listen range" also has a Site-of-Origin configured ("neighbor PG soo"). Each dynamic neighbor shares the peer-group's SoO value instead of getting its own copy, but frees it as its own when the neighbor is deleted, which happens as soon as its connection closes. The first disconnect leaves the peer-group pointing at freed memory, and the second disconnect frees it again, causing bgpd to abort and drop all BGP sessions on the router. Any host whose address falls inside the listen range can trigger this by opening and closing two TCP connections to the BGP port, without sending any BGP message and without knowing the AS number, and can repeat it each time bgpd restarts. If the peer-group has a TCP-MD5 password, only hosts that know the password can trigger it. Two ordinary flaps of legitimate dynamic neighbors have the same effect. Between the two frees, displaying the configuration ("show running-config") or establishing a dynamic neighbor also reads the freed memory, which can crash bgpd after a single disconnect. Only configurations that combine a listen range with a SoO on the same peer-group are affected.

CVSS
8.2
EG Score
8.2HIGHlow confidence
EG Risk
37
EG Risk 37/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity82% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.2 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0% × 40%
No KEV listing, EG-KEV tier or EPSS when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
The CVE's CVSS v4.0 Automatable metric (AU): no. CERT/CC intends it to be interchangeable with SSVC's Automatable.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CVSS v4.0 Automatable metric) · Technical impact partial (CVSS v4.0 confidentiality and integrity impact neither High). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: An upstream fix is merged but not yet in a tagged release. Until the release ships, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule, then apply it.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
20th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (8.2): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.2 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
8.2 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.a secondary CVSS source
EG Likelihood
0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

An upstream fix is merged but not yet in a tagged release. Until the release ships, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule, then apply it.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CVSS v4.0 Automatable metric) · Technical impact partial (CVSS v4.0 confidentiality and integrity impact neither High). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CVSS v4.0 Automatable metric) · Technical impact partial (CVSS v4.0 confidentiality and integrity impact neither High). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

November 13, 2026

Last Modified

November 14, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Nov 13, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_pr.
GitHub pull request

bgpd: fix memory leaks

Fix merged in FRRouting/frr PR #21685 on 2026-10-31 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/pull/21685/changes/6a96f515760dc278147fbf802777956ba80c7edd

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-120221(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 6× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-11-14 16:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 20th percentile
  2. 2026-11-14 15:28 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  3. 2026-11-14 15:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j25q-23f5-6558 · GitHub severity HIGH
  4. 2026-11-14 15:05 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-14 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j25q-23f5-6558 · GitHub severity HIGH
  6. 2026-11-13 13:01 UTCENISA EUVD ID recordedEUVD-2026-125277 · Source: ENISA EUVD
  7. 2026-11-13 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j25q-23f5-6558 · GitHub severity HIGH
  8. 2026-11-13 12:28 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  9. 2026-11-13 11:57 UTCEchelonGraph re-scoredFirst assessed: 8.2 HIGH
  10. 2026-11-13 11:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-120221?
CVE-2026-120221 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on November 13, 2026. In FRRouting, bgpd frees the same memory twice when dynamic BGP neighbors disconnect, if the peer-group used by a "bgp listen range" also has a Site-of-Origin configured ("neighbor PG soo"). Each dynamic neighbor shares the peer-group's SoO value instead of getting its own copy, but frees it as its…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-120221 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-120221 was published on November 13, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 14, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-120221 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-120221 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (20th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-120221?
CVE-2026-120221 has a CVSS base score of 8.2 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending). The EG score is currently aggregating — additional source signals are being incorporated as they become available..
How do I remediate CVE-2026-120221?
An upstream fix for CVE-2026-120221 has been merged but is not yet in a tagged release. Until it ships, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation, then update to the release that contains the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-120221 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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