Hamlib: rigctld `send_raw` Stack Out-of-Bounds Write and Uninitialized Memory Disclosure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Hamlib is a ham radio control library for radios, rotators, and amplifiers. Prior to 4.7.2, the unauthenticated rigctld send_raw command on TCP port 4532 reaches rigctl_send_raw() in tests/rigctl_parse.c, which writes a NUL byte at buf[buf_len + 1] outside its 200-byte stack buffer, and rig_send_raw() in src/rig.c, which copies reply_len - 1 bytes instead of the actual nbytes received. A remote client can send the CR terminator with a short payload to trigger both flaws in one command under the default no-password configuration. The out-of-bounds write can crash the daemon or corrupt adjacent stack memory, while the oversized copy can return up to 198 bytes of uninitialized stack data to the client. This issue is fixed in version 4.7.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 Hamlib (Hamlib) Fixed in 4.7.2
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54634
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/security/advisories/GHSA-gpcq-c37x-pr46
- https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/commit/3e3f78fc7732a4ce0da97b7a86d6d9fd9bd117c4
- https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/commit/47171005bf041f520bb134edf796b9f6fc27e6bf
- https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/commit/587f7bb2c6442e36ed5b6021f6ee9951daf1576b
- https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/commit/a3a7f00d759edadbe195d112dc89006ae8db146e
- https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/releases/tag/4.7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-54634 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-54634 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-54634 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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