Vulnerability in Gnu Glibc

CVE-2026-3904

Calling NSS-backed functions that support caching via nscd may call the nscd client side code and in the GNU C Library version 2.36 under high load on x86_64 systems, the client may call memcmp on inputs that are concurrently modified b…

EPSS: 0.001 (4.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-3904?
CVE-2026-3904 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, classified under Race Condition within a Thread. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-3904?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.