CVE-2026-43916 pam_authnft: Heap buffer overflow in NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG reply walker

pamauthnft is a PAM session module binding nftables firewall rules to authenticated sessions via cgroupv2 inodes. Prior to 0.2.0-alpha, a heap buffer over-read in peerlookuptcp src/peerlookup.c:134, prior to the fix allowed a crafted NETLINKSOCKDIAG reply to slip past the message-size check, then...

CVE-2026-43916

Summary: pam_authnft is affected by a heap buffer over-read in peer_lookup_tcp (src/peer_lookup.c:134) that could allow a crafted NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG reply to bypass the message-size check and dereference past the end of the allocation. This vulnerability exists prior to version 0.2.0-alpha and is ...