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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-97371 EUVD-2026-117570

ntopng: Stack buffer overflow (write) in nDPI custom category detection allows remote code execution via crafted network packets

Published Nov 5, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ntopng is a web-based network traffic monitoring application. Prior to 6.7.260721, ndpi_get_custom_category_match writes a four-byte nDPI protocol-category value through a pointer to the two-byte id variable in IpAddress::reloadBlacklist in src/IpAddress.cpp during packet dissection and host initialization. A remote unauthenticated attacker on a monitored network segment can send packets that match custom-category rules, causing stack corruption and denial of service without user interaction. This issue is fixed in version 6.7.260721.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ntop ntopng < 6.7.260721 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 ntopng No fix yet —

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