Out-of-Bounds Write via Unsanitized Prefix Length in Router Advertisement Processing in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP (AWS) Fixed in 4.2.6, 4.4.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
AWS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP — aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-023-aws
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-06528 Out-of-Bounds Read in Router Advertisement Option Parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCPPriority LOW 26
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7426
References
More AWS Freertos-plus-tcp vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-25630 FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP Buffer Over-Read in DNS Response Parser CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-06527 Integer Underflow in DHCPv6 Sub-Option Parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-06525 MAC Address Validation Bypass in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP IPv4 and IPv6 Packet Processing CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-06528 Out-of-Bounds Read in Router Advertisement Option Parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2026-06526 Integer Underflow in ICMP Echo Reply Processing in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2025-10648 Invalid Pointer Dereference when receiving UDP/IPv6 packets in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
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