U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Buffer Overflow via NFS READ Reply
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.
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 u-boot (u-boot) Fixed in 2026.10-rc5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
u-boot 2026.10-rc5
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-52018 U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Use-After-Free in lwIP wget Receive CallbackPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-52017 U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Buffer Overflow via NFS READLINKPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-52019 U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Out-of-Bounds Write via DHCPv6Priority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74220
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-63gj-h865-3h3j
References
More u-boot vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-02168 Unchecked Download size in Uboot CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2025-28794 A lack of signature verification in the bootloader of DENX Software Engineering Das… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-06770 In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-12898 nfs_lookup_reply in net/nfs.c in Das U-Boot through 2022.04 (and through 2022.07-rc2) has… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10569 An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10568 An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-74220 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74220 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-63gj-h865-3h3j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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