CVE-2026-7426
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Insufficient validation of the prefix length field in IPv6 Router Advertisement processing in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to cause memory corruption by sending a crafted Router Advertisement with a prefix length value exceeding the maximum valid length, resulting in a heap buffer overflow. Users processing IPv4 RA only are not impacted. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to the fixed version when available.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.4–8.1
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affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7426cnnvd
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-023-aws/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.2.6enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.4.1enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-97qg-4359-xm3xenisa_euvd
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-023-aws/Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.2.6Release Notesnvd
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