CVE-2026-55556
Rsyslog is a rocket-fast system for log processing. From 8.2110.0 until 8.2604.0, the optional imhttp module's parse_auth_header function in contrib/imhttp/imhttp.c allocates a zero-byte heap buffer with calloc(0, len) when an HTTP Basic Authorization value exceeds its fixed work buffer, then passes that pointer to apr_base64_decode. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send an oversized encoded credential to an imhttp endpoint configured for Basic Authentication, causing decoded data to overwrite adjacent heap memory before credential validation. Deployments that do not install, load, and use imhttp with Basic Authentication are not affected. The demonstrated impact is a process crash that interrupts log collection, and code execution has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 8.2604.0.
What this means for your business
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- CVSS v4
- 8.2
- Weakness
- CWE-122
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-09-22
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/acde2ba25ea33816694b787859f4a727a247b6d6
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/6722
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/releases/tag/v8.2604.0
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/security/advisories/GHSA-947w-69ph-mc2r
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/23/4