9.3 Critical

Stack-based buffer overflow and missing authorization vulnerability in Thales Sentinel Keys Server on Windows allows Overflow Buffers.

CVE-2026-78403

Stack-based buffer overflow and missing authorization vulnerability in Thales Sentinel Keys Server on Windows allows Overflow Buffers. Sentinel Keys Server does not check the length of the first field in the HTTP request. An attacker may craft an HTTP request and send it to Sentinel Keys Server. It may lead to remote code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This issue affects Sentinel Keys Server: versions lower than 1.3.8.0.

Assessment

CVSS: 9.3 (v4.0)
Severity: Critical
Known exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
Exploit availability: Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
Published: 30 October 2026
Last updated: 30 October 2026
Affected: Thalesgroup
Assigner: THA-PSIRT

CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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EUVD (ENISA)

References

https://supportportal.thalesgroup.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sys_kb_id=50fc9f3b3b005f10bba8b41864e45a61&sysparm_article=KB0031216

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