CVE-2026-22213
RIOT OS <= 2026.01-devel-317 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in tapslip6 Utility
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.4 Low
- Published
- Jan 12, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 6, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.4 Low | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
RIOT OSRIOT |
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References
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Jan/15technical-descriptionexploit
- https://www.riot-os.org/product
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOTproduct
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/riot-os-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-tapslip6-utilitythird-party-advisory
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