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CVE-2026-22213
CRITICAL9.8
Description
RIOT OS versions up to and including 2026.01-devel-317 contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the tapslip6 utility. The vulnerability is caused by unsafe string concatenation in the devopen() function, which constructs a device path using unbounded user-controlled input. The utility uses strcpy() and strcat() to concatenate the fixed prefix '/dev/' with a user-supplied device name provided via the -s command-line option without bounds checking. This allows an attacker to supply an excessively long device name and overflow a fixed-size stack buffer, leading to process crashes and memory corruption.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score9.8
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published1/12/2026
Last Modified1/21/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
riot-os:riot
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-121
References
https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT(disclosure@vulncheck.com)
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Jan/15(disclosure@vulncheck.com)
https://www.riot-os.org/(disclosure@vulncheck.com)
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/riot-os-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-tapslip6-utility(disclosure@vulncheck.com)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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