CVE-2026-87411: Oracle Solaris filesystem denial of service

CVE-2026-87411 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.5 · Published 2026-10-20

Oracle Solaris is an operating system used in enterprise computing environments. This vulnerability in the filesystem component allows a low-privileged attacker with local access to crash the system repeatedly, causing denial of service. An attacker could render critical systems unavailable with minimal effort.

Technologies: Oracle Solaris. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-87411 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87411 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-87411?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 20 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle Solaris 11.4.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87411?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-87411 attacked?
It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-87411?
Check whether you run Oracle Solaris at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A local denial-of-service vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris filesystem component allows a low-privileged authenticated attacker to cause a hang or repeated crash of the operating system. The attack requires only local logon access and no user interaction. This results in availability impact only, with no confidentiality or integrity compromise.

Affected products

  • Oracle Solaris 11.4

Timeline

  • 2026-10-20: disclosed

References

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