CVE-2026-54715
Received Received - Intake

Heap Buffer Overflow in GoAccess Log Parser

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-54715, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-07-30

Last updated on: 2026-07-30

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description

GoAccess is a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems or through the browser. In version 1.10.2, parse_browser assumes the matched browser token begins with Opera and moves a trailing version substring to match plus five, allowing a crafted User-Agent in a processed access log to write one to four attacker-influenced bytes beyond the heap allocation and corrupt or crash GoAccess. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.

CVSS Scores

EPSS Scores

Probability:
Percentile:

Meta Information

Published
2026-07-30
Last Modified
2026-07-30
Generated
2026-07-31
AI Q&A
2026-07-31
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD
EUVD

Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 2 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
goaccess goaccess to 1.11 (exc)
goaccess goaccess 1.11

Helpful Resources

Exploitability

CWE
CWE Icon
KEV
KEV Icon
CWE ID Description
CWE-787 The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
CWE-122 A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

Attack-Flow Graph

AI Quick Actions

Instant insights powered by AI
Executive Summary

GoAccess versions up to 1.10.2 contain a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the parse_browser function. When processing a User-Agent string from an access log, the function incorrectly assumes the browser token starts with Opera and moves a version substring to a fixed location. This allows a crafted User-Agent to write attacker-controlled bytes beyond the allocated heap memory, potentially corrupting data or causing crashes.

Detection Guidance

This vulnerability is specific to GoAccess version 1.10.2 and involves heap corruption due to malformed User-Agent strings in access logs. Detection requires checking the GoAccess version in use and inspecting logs for suspicious User-Agent patterns that may trigger the issue.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, crash the GoAccess application, or cause memory corruption by exploiting a maliciously crafted User-Agent string in a web log. Users running affected versions should upgrade to version 1.11 or later to mitigate the risk.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability could potentially impact compliance with GDPR or HIPAA by allowing unauthorized data access or corruption through crafted User-Agent strings in access logs. The heap corruption may lead to data integrity issues or crashes, which could compromise logging integrity required for regulatory compliance.

Mitigation Strategies

Upgrade GoAccess to version 1.11 or later to address the heap corruption issue in parse_browser.

Chat Assistant

Ask questions about this CVE
Hi! I’m here to help you understand CVE-2026-54715. Ask me anything about the vulnerability, its impact, or mitigation strategies.
0/70

EPSS Chart