What is GHSA-87x4-f37w-27p2?

GHSA-87x4-f37w-27p2 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. A missing upper-bound check in the udpif_set_threads() function of Open vSwitch v3.6.90 allows an...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-87x4-f37w-27p2 cover?

GHSA-87x4-f37w-27p2 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-36499. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-87x4-f37w-27p2?

GHSA-87x4-f37w-27p2 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-87x4-f37w-27p2MediumCVSS 6.5

A missing upper-bound check in the udpif_set_threads() function of Open vSwitch v3.6.90 allows an...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 4, 2026

Last Modified

June 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-36499 →

📋 Description

A missing upper-bound check in the udpif_set_threads() function of Open vSwitch v3.6.90 allows an attacker with OVSDB write access to request an excessive number of handler or revalidation threads. This can cause a denial of service (DoS) via resource exhaustion.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-36499
https://github.com/majdlatah/OVS-Other-Config-Bug
http://open.com
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-87x4-f37w-27p2