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High RLSA-2026:98085 1 CVE

Important: iperf3 security update

Published Nov 13, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Summary

Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss.

Security Fix(es):

* iperf3: iperf3: Denial of Service via UDP receive worker infinite loop (CVE-2026-102253)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3-debuginfo 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3-debuginfo 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3-debuginfo 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3-debuginfo 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3-debugsource 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3-debugsource 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3-debugsource 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1
Rocky Linux · 10 iperf3-debugsource 0:3.21-2.el10_3.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2026-102253 Public exploit

    iperf3 < 3.22 UDP Receive Worker Infinite Loop DoS

    iperf3 versions prior to 3.22 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash-loop the server's UDP receive worker into an unrecoverable infinite loop by sending a single crafted control-channel parameter messa…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543638
  • advisory
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98085