CVE-2026-61548

Rsyslog: mmpstrucdata stack buffer overflow with oversized RFC5424 structured data

CVE-2026-61548 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61548, released July 21, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.1
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0059
48th percentile

Rsyslog is a rocket-fast system for log processing. From 7.5.4 until 8.2606.0, the optional mmpstrucdata plugin's parseSD_PARAM function in plugins/mmpstrucdata/mmpstrucdata.c stores RFC5424 parameter values in a fixed pVal[32 * 1024] stack buffer and calls parsePARAM_VALUE without supplying the destination size. A remote unauthenticated attacker whose crafted RFC5424 message reaches an action using mmpstrucdata can provide a structured-data parameter larger than that buffer when MaxMessageSize permits it, causing an attacker-controlled stack overwrite. Deployments that do not install and use the plugin, or whose effective message-size limit remains below the required threshold, are not affected by this issue. The demonstrated impact is a crash and interruption of log collection; code execution is not demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 8.2606.0.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
rsyslog · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 8.2504.0-1+deb13u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61548 Jul 21, 2026
rsyslog · Debian 14 8.2606.0-4 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61548 Jul 21, 2026
rsyslog · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog · opensuse-leap 16.0 8.2608.0-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22184-1 Nov 7, 2026
rsyslog · sles 15.6 8.2406.0-150600.12.16.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3442-1 Jul 31, 2026
rsyslog · sles 15.7 8.2608.0-150700.3.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4611-1 Nov 7, 2026
rsyslog · sles 16.0 8.2502.0-160000.4.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23145-1 Aug 5, 2026
rsyslog-clickhouse · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-clickhouse 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-czmq · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-czmq 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-czmq · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-czmq 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-czmq · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-czmq 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-docker · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-docker 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-elasticsearch · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-elasticsearch 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-elasticsearch · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-elasticsearch 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-elasticsearch · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-elasticsearch 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-gnutls · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-gnutls 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-gnutls · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-gnutls 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-gnutls · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-gnutls 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-gssapi · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-gssapi 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-gssapi · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-gssapi 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-gssapi · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-gssapi 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-hiredis · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-hiredis 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-hiredis · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-hiredis 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-hiredis · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-hiredis 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-kafka · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-kafka 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-kafka · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-kafka 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-kafka · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-kafka 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-kubernetes · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-kubernetes 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-kubernetes · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-kubernetes 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-kubernetes · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-kubernetes 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-mongodb · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-mongodb 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-mongodb · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-mongodb 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-mongodb · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-mongodb 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-mysql · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-mysql 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-mysql · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-mysql 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-mysql · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-mysql 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-openssl 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-openssl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-openssl 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-openssl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-openssl 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-pgsql · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-pgsql 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-pgsql · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-pgsql 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-pgsql · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-pgsql 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-relp · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-relp 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-relp · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-relp 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-relp · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-relp 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026
rsyslog-snmp · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 rsyslog-snmp 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.4 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-snmp · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 rsyslog-snmp 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3 Jul 24, 2026
rsyslog-snmp · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 rsyslog-snmp 8.2512.0-1ubuntu4.1 Aug 12, 2026

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