CVE-2026-7424
Integer underflow in the DHCPv6 sub-option parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.4.1 and V4.2.6 allows an adjacent network actor to corrupt the device's IPv6 address assignment, DNS configuration, and lease times, and to cause a denial of service…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer underflow in the DHCPv6 sub-option parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.4.1 and V4.2.6 allows an adjacent network actor to corrupt the device's IPv6 address assignment, DNS configuration, and lease times, and to cause a denial of service (permanent IP task freeze requiring hardware reset) by sending a single crafted DHCPv6 packet. The issue is present whenever DHCPv6 is enabled. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version V4.2.6 or V4.4.1 or newer.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-191
- Affected
- amazon/freertos-plus-tcp
- Source
- ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
References
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-022-aws/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.2.6Release Notes
- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.4.1Release Notes
- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-wrhm-c99p-2p8gVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.