new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 00706d4da0b7a1f9eff61e5835a0a1cc22c9c7e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ivan Nardi <12729895+IvanNardi@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:35:39 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] softEther: fix out-of-bounds read (#3298)
+
+Close: #3291
+
+Reported by HaiND (Nguyen Dinh Hai), Post and Telecommunication
+Institute of Technology, github.com/Haind03
+
+(cherry picked from commit ca9d819151606377ac53305583fe819748c69be2)
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-116744
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/commit/ca9d819151606377ac53305583fe819748c69be2]
+Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/lib/protocols/softether.c | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/lib/protocols/softether.c b/src/lib/protocols/softether.c
+index 379e743f7..c6f5d131e 100644
+--- a/src/lib/protocols/softether.c
++++ b/src/lib/protocols/softether.c
+@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ static int dissect_softether_host_fqdn(struct ndpi_flow_struct *flow,
+ payload += value_siz;
+ payload_len -= value_siz;
+
+- if(strncmp(val1.value.ptr.value_str, "host_name", value_siz) == 0)
++ if(val1.value_size > 0 &&
++ strncmp(val1.value.ptr.value_str, "host_name", value_siz) == 0)
+ got_hostname = 1;
+
+ for (; tuple_count > 0; --tuple_count) {
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b52f2d57d10c4f7ee67a7eb9615d5d24"
SRCREV = "375f99ef9fb4999d778b57bbeece171b3fa9fba6"
SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ntop/nDPI.git;branch=5.0-stable;protocol=https;tag=${PV} \
file://0001-configure-Stop-embedding-pwd-at-configure-time.patch \
+ file://CVE-2026-116744.patch \
"
inherit autotools pkgconfig