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CVE-2026-22213

RIOT OS <= 2026.01-devel-317 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in tapslip6 Utility

Published: Jan 12, 2026Updated: Jan 21, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-121
9.8CVSSCRITICAL

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High

Weaknesses

Affected Products

riotoss-projectOperating Systemsaka riot os
riot-ososs-projectOperating Systemsaka riot

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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Timeline

Published
Jan 12, 2026
Last Updated
Jan 21, 2026

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