CVE-2026-12364

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.4 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 98% 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).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The user-space system-call verifier z_vrfy_z_log_msg_static_create() in subsys/logging/log_msg.c was a pure pass-through: it forwarded the caller-supplied source, desc, package, and data arguments directly to the kernel-mode implementation z_impl_z_log_msg_static_create() without performing any of the mandatory K_SYSCALL_* checks. Because z_log_msg_static_create() is declared __syscall, under CONFIG_USERSPACE any unprivileged user-mode thread can invoke it directly with fully attacker-controlled arguments.

The kernel-mode handler dereferences each of these untrusted values: frontend_runtime_filtering() reads through the source pointer as a struct log_source_dynamic_data, cbprintf_package_copy() reads desc.package_len bytes from the package pointer, and z_log_msg_finalize() performs a memcpy() of desc.data_len bytes from the data pointer. With no verification, a user thread can supply arbitrary kernel addresses and arbitrary lengths, and the kernel will read from them.

The impact is a kernel-mode denial of service (the kernel faults dereferencing an attacker-chosen pointer) and, where a log backend output is observable to the attacker, disclosure of arbitrary kernel memory copied into the emitted log message — a confidentiality breach across the user/kernel boundary that the userspace sandbox is meant to enforce. The reads do not corrupt kernel memory, so there is no out-of-bounds write primitive.

The fix adds the required validation to the verifier: it bounds desc.package_len against Z_LOG_MSG_MAX_PACKAGE, rejects non-NULL/length mismatches, and applies K_SYSCALL_MEMORY_READ() to package, data, and (when runtime filtering with a frontend is enabled) source, so any out-of-bounds or kernel pointer now raises K_OOPS instead of being honored.

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
8.4(medium)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity84% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 14, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available

Missing user-space pointer validation in logging syscall z_log_msg_static_create allows kernel memory disclosure and denial of service · Advisory · zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr · GitHub

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-h7rf-g9mg-g23f
github_commit

commit 77aa26d8b940 (zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr)

Fix landed in zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr commit 77aa26d8b940 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/77aa26d8b940f39778154f02563caf15d02efdac

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-24 20:36 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-23 08:30 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-22 08:29 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-21 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-08-18 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-16 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-16 08:20 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-14 20:18 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-14 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
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  19. 2026-08-14 18:09 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-14 18:08 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12364?
CVE-2026-12364 is a high vulnerability published on August 14, 2026. The user-space system-call verifier zvrfyzlogmsgstaticcreate() in subsys/logging/logmsg.c was a pure pass-through: it forwarded the caller-supplied source, desc, package, and data arguments directly to the kernel-mode implementation zimplzlogmsgstaticcreate() without performing any of the mandatory…
When was CVE-2026-12364 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12364 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12364 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12364 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12364?
CVE-2026-12364 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12364?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12364, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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