CVE-2026-12522

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 88% 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
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The HL7800 cellular modem driver's +CGCONTRDP: response handler on_cmd_atcmdinfo_ipaddr() in drivers/modem/vendor_standalone/hl7800.c parses the PDP-context dynamic parameters (local address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS servers) that the cellular network assigns to the device. The response is linearized into a 256-byte stack buffer, after which each address field length is computed from comma/. delimiter positions in the network-supplied data and used directly as the length argument to strncpy() into the fixed 64-byte stack buffer temp_addr_str (and the 16-byte iface_ctx.dns_v4_string).

Because the field length is derived from attacker-controlled delimiter positions and was not bounded against the destination buffer, a single field can be far larger than 64 bytes. A malicious or impersonated cellular network (for example a rogue base station) can return a crafted +CGCONTRDP response with an overlong address field, causing strncpy() to write past temp_addr_str on the modem worker thread's stack, plus an out-of-bounds NUL write at temp_addr_str[addr_len].

No device-side privileges or user interaction are required: the device itself issues the AT+CGCONTRDP=1 query during normal network attach and parses whatever the network returns. The overflow corrupts adjacent stack memory in supervisor context, yielding at minimum a remotely triggerable crash and potentially control-flow hijacking on targets without stack protection.

The fix bounds every field length against its destination buffer (temp_addr_str and dns_v4_string) before each copy, rejecting overlong fields.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: 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
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
12%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_commit.
github Patch Available

Stack buffer overflow in Zephyr hl7800 modem driver parsing network-supplied +CGCONTRDP address fields · Advisory · zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr · GitHub

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-hchc-6489-w66v
github_commit

commit a1cbced64181 (zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr)

Fix landed in zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr commit a1cbced64181 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/a1cbced64181bc0bdf95e1fd7118f2bb70cf679b

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 21× 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. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 01:45 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-27 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-26 17:10 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-25 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-24 20:53 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-24 09:45 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-23 11:25 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-22 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-21 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-21 03:44 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-20 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-20 15:45 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-19 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-19 20:54 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-19 20:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12522?
CVE-2026-12522 is a high vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. The HL7800 cellular modem driver's +CGCONTRDP: response handler oncmdatcmdinfoipaddr() in drivers/modem/vendorstandalone/hl7800.c parses the PDP-context dynamic parameters (local address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS servers) that the cellular network assigns to the device. The response is…
When was CVE-2026-12522 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12522 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12522 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12522 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 87.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12522?
CVE-2026-12522 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12522?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12522, 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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