CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-96675

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 23, 2026Sources checked Oct 3, 2026

3.3LOWCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-96675 and is rated Low severity with a CVSS score of 3.3. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

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Release Notes

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-96675?

alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the multi PCM plugin that fails to validate sparse binding indices before array access. Attackers can supply a malicious ALSA configuration file with sparse bindings to trigger an out-of-bounds array read and assertion failure, causing the application to abort.