Stack-based Buffer OverflowWeakness · CWE-121

CVE-2026-60095

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-09
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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74/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click 6 weeks old

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Vinchin Backup & Recovery through 9.0.0.86562 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the ModuleHandShake function of the agentlink_server service that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to overwrite the saved return address by supplying an oversized _listen_uuid field that is measured via strlen() and copied without bounds checking into a fixed-length stack buffer using strcpy(). Attackers can send a crafted request with a malicious _listen_uuid value to corrupt the stack and achieve process crash or potential control flow hijack without requiring authentication.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Vinchin Backup & Recovery through 9.0.0.86562 has a stack buffer overflow in the ModuleHandShake function of the agentlink_server service. The vulnerability occurs because the _listen_uuid field is measured via strlen() and then copied using strcpy() into a fixed-length stack buffer without bounds checking, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the saved return address and potentially hijack control flow.

MitigationImplement bounds checking before string copy operations and replace strcpy() with safer alternatives like strncpy() or strlcpy() that enforce buffer length limits. Additionally, validate input length against the destination buffer size before copying.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Verify Vinchin Backup & Recovery installation
    Check for the presence of Vinchin installation directories (commonly C:\Vinchin or /opt/vinchin on Linux) and locate the agentlink_server executable
    Affected if The product is installed and the version is 9.0.0.86562 or earlier (any version through this release)
  2. Confirm installed version number
    Locate the version file or executable metadata for Vinchin Backup & Recovery; compare the version to 9.0.0.86562
    Affected if The installed version is 9.0.0.86562 or any earlier version within the same release line
  3. Verify agentlink_server service is running
    Query the running processes or service status for agentlink_server (e.g., sc query agentlink_server on Windows, ps aux | grep agentlink_server on Linux)
    Affected if The agentlink_server service is active and the product version is within the affected range
  4. Check network exposure of the agentlink_server
    Identify which port the agentlink_server service is listening on (e.g., netstat -anp | grep agentlink_server or via the Vinchin management console)
    Affected if The service is exposed on a network accessible to unauthenticated attackers and the version is affected

If Vinchin Backup & Recovery version 9.0.0.86562 or earlier is installed with the agentlink_server service running and network-accessible, the environment is affected by this stack buffer overflow vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement bounds checking before string copy operations and replace strcpy() with safer alternatives like strncpy() or strlcpy() that enforce buffer length limits. Additionally, validate input length against the destination buffer size before copying.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing5.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
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