parse_ipv4() in subsys/net/ip/utils.c (reached via net_ipaddr_parse() for strings of the form "a.b.c.d:port") copies the port substring into a fixed 17-byte stack buffer (char ipaddr[NET_IPV4_ADDR_LEN + 1]) using a length of str_len - end - 1, where str_len is the full, unbounded input length and end is only the (<=15-byte) offset of the ':' delimiter. Because the destination size is never consulted, a crafted address string with a long suffix after the colon (e.g. "1.2.3.4:" followed by hundreds of bytes) causes an out-of-bounds stack write whose length and contents are fully attacker-controlled (memcpy of the suffix plus a trailing NUL), enabling memory corruption and at minimum a denial of service, and potentially control-flow hijack. The parser is reached from the standard socket API (zsock_getaddrinfo / literal-address resolution), DNS server-string configuration, and the eswifi Wi-Fi co-processor DNS-response path, so an application that resolves a network-influenced address string is exposed. The bug was introduced when the parser was added (Zephyr v1.9.0) and shipped in all releases through v4.4.0. The fix removes the unbounded copy and validates the port length before copying into a small dedicated buffer. Note: the equivalent IPv6 "[addr]:port" path in parse_ipv6() retains the same unbounded copy at this commit and remains a separate, still-reachable instance of the defect.
CVE-2026-10666
This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 73% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 8.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 26.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 12, 2026
Last Modified
July 14, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 12, 2026parse_ipv4: Stack-based buffer overflow with has_port = true · Advisory · zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr · GitHub
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-532c-7g7f-jhmhcommit 6e119a636a57 (zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr)
Fix landed in zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr commit 6e119a636a57 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/6e119a636a57be449ea21e73cad762ebc6f5ff7acommit 1c8d19a51f9a (zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr)
Fix landed in zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr commit 1c8d19a51f9a — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/1c8d19a51f9a3c1be6de53854c8ad8c2720a0f48Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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- 2026-07-12 16:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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