CVE-2026-63384

Libevent: `evtag_unmarshal_header()` decodes a wire `uint32` length into a signed `int` return value.

CVE-2026-63384 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by libevent-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1, released August 20, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.6
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0049
42nd percentile

Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has an incorrect integer conversion in event_tagging.c when evtag_unmarshal_header uses evtag_decode_int to decode an attacker-controlled uint32 payload length and returns it as a signed int. Values above INT_MAX become negative or truncated, and evtag_unmarshal_string can use the converted value in allocation sizing, producing a wrapped large allocation request and denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libevent · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2.1.12-stable-8+deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63384 Aug 21, 2026
libevent · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2.1.13-stable-1~deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63384 Aug 21, 2026
libevent · Debian 14 2.1.13-stable-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63384 Aug 21, 2026
libevent · RHEL 10 2.1.13-1.el10_2 RHSA-2026:67909 Sep 17, 2026
libevent · RHEL 8 0:2.1.8-11.el8_10 RHSA-2026:67908 Sep 19, 2026
libevent · RHEL 9 0:2.1.13-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67910 Sep 19, 2026
libevent · almalinux 10 2.1.13-1.el10_2 ALSA-2026:67909 Sep 16, 2026
libevent · almalinux 8 2.1.8-11.el8_10 ALSA-2026:67908 Sep 16, 2026
libevent · almalinux 9 2.1.13-1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:67910 Sep 16, 2026
libevent · amzn 2023 2.1.12-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2128 Aug 31, 2026
libevent · ol 10 0:2.1.13-1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-67909 Sep 16, 2026
libevent · ol 8 0:2.1.8-11.el8_10 ELSA-2026-67908 Sep 17, 2026
libevent · ol 9 0:2.1.13-1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-67910 Sep 16, 2026
libevent · rocky 10 0:2.1.13-1.el10_2 RLSA-2026:67909 Sep 17, 2026
libevent · rocky 8 0:2.1.8-11.el8_10 RLSA-2026:67908 Sep 17, 2026
libevent · rocky 9 0:2.1.13-1.el9_8 RLSA-2026:67910 Sep 17, 2026
libevent-2.1-6 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-2.1-6 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-2.1-7 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 libevent-2.1-7 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 libevent-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 libevent-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 Aug 20, 2026
libevent-core-2.1-6 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-core-2.1-6 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-core-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-core-2.1-7 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-core-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 libevent-core-2.1-7 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-core-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 libevent-core-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-core-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 libevent-core-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 Aug 20, 2026
libevent-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.1.12-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2128 Aug 31, 2026
libevent-debugsource · amzn 2023 2.1.12-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2128 Aug 31, 2026
libevent-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.1.8-11.el8_10 RHSA-2026:67908 Sep 19, 2026
libevent-devel · RHEL 9 0:2.1.13-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67910 Sep 19, 2026
libevent-devel · almalinux 10 2.1.13-1.el10_2 ALSA-2026:67909 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-devel · almalinux 8 2.1.8-11.el8_10 ALSA-2026:67908 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-devel · almalinux 9 2.1.13-1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:67910 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-devel · amzn 2023 2.1.12-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2128 Aug 31, 2026
libevent-devel · ol 10 0:2.1.13-1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-67909 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-devel · ol 8 0:2.1.8-11.el8_10 ELSA-2026-67908 Sep 17, 2026
libevent-devel · ol 9 0:2.1.13-1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-67910 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-doc · RHEL 8 0:2.1.8-11.el8_10 RHSA-2026:67908 Sep 19, 2026
libevent-doc · RHEL 9 0:2.1.13-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67910 Sep 19, 2026
libevent-doc · almalinux 10 2.1.13-1.el10_2 ALSA-2026:67909 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-doc · almalinux 8 2.1.8-11.el8_10 ALSA-2026:67908 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-doc · almalinux 9 2.1.13-1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:67910 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-doc · amzn 2023 2.1.12-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2128 Aug 31, 2026
libevent-doc · ol 10 0:2.1.13-1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-67909 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-doc · ol 8 0:2.1.8-11.el8_10 ELSA-2026-67908 Sep 17, 2026
libevent-doc · ol 9 0:2.1.13-1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-67910 Sep 16, 2026
libevent-extra-2.1-6 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-extra-2.1-6 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-extra-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-extra-2.1-7 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-extra-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 libevent-extra-2.1-7 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-extra-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 libevent-extra-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-extra-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 libevent-extra-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 Aug 20, 2026
libevent-openssl-2.1-6 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-openssl-2.1-6 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-openssl-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-openssl-2.1-7 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-openssl-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 libevent-openssl-2.1-7 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-openssl-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 libevent-openssl-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-openssl-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 libevent-openssl-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 Aug 20, 2026
libevent-pthreads-2.1-6 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-pthreads-2.1-6 2.1.8-stable-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 2.1.11-stable-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 2.1.12-stable-1ubuntu0.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-pthreads-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-9ubuntu2.1 Sep 3, 2026
libevent-pthreads-2.1-7t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7t64 2.1.12-stable-10ubuntu0.1 Aug 20, 2026

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