CVE-2026-12630

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 4.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 93% 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
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Zephyr's 6LoWPAN IP Header Compression (IPHC) uncompression code contains an out-of-bounds read in get_ihpc_inlined_size() (subsys/net/ip/6lo.c). The destination inline size is looked up in da_inline_size_table, which has 13 entries, using an index built from the M, DAC and DAM bits of the received IPHC dispatch word (iphc & NET_6LO_IPHC_DA_MASK, a 4-bit value of 0-15). The reserved combinations 13, 14 and 15 are not bounds-checked and read past the end of the table.

The iphc word is taken directly from the received frame, and get_ihpc_inlined_size() is reached on every inbound 6LoWPAN frame via net_6lo_uncompress() from the 802.15.4 receive path (subsys/net/l2/ieee802154/ieee802154_6lo.c and ieee802154_6lo_fragment.c). An unauthenticated attacker on the radio/adjacent link can therefore craft a frame whose destination addressing-mode nibble selects an out-of-range index, with no privileges or user interaction.

The out-of-bounds value becomes the computed inline_size, which then drives header reconstruction before the buffer-length check: it is used to dereference *(pkt->buffer->data + sizeof(iphc) + inline_size) and to compute a size_t diff that can underflow, leading to a further out-of-bounds read of the packet buffer and malformed uncompression. The practical impact is a radio-triggerable out-of-bounds read / denial-of-service on the receiver; the leaked byte is not returned to the attacker. The fix rejects any destination index beyond the table, aborting processing of the malformed frame.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(medium)
EG Risk
19(Track)
EG Risk 19/100SSVC: 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
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available

6LoWPAN IPHC uncompression out-of-bounds read on reserved destination addressing mode · Advisory · zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr · GitHub

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-45c8-pmgj-6jrc
github_commit

commit 1bbb7aefa69e (zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr)

Fix landed in zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr commit 1bbb7aefa69e — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/1bbb7aefa69eaedc22281ce33aa7a2d5089d5a0e

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 24× 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 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-17 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
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  23. 2026-08-17 16:30 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-17 16:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12630?
CVE-2026-12630 is a medium vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. Zephyr's 6LoWPAN IP Header Compression (IPHC) uncompression code contains an out-of-bounds read in getihpcinlinedsize() (subsys/net/ip/6lo.c). The destination inline size is looked up in dainlinesizetable, which has 13 entries, using an index built from the M, DAC and DAM bits of the received IPHC…
When was CVE-2026-12630 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12630 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 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-2026-12630 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12630 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 93.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12630?
CVE-2026-12630 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12630?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12630, 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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