CVE-2026-12633

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 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
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The IPv6 neighbor-discovery code in subsys/net/ip/ipv6_nbr.c processes the 6LoWPAN Context Option (6CO, RFC 6775) carried inside ICMPv6 Router Advertisements. In handle_ra_6co() the 8-bit context_len field is taken directly from the packet and was never bounded to the RFC maximum of 128. The function computes context->context_len / 8 and then performs memset(context->prefix + context_len, 0, sizeof(context->prefix) - context_len), where context->prefix is a fixed 16-byte array.

With context_len between 136 and 255 (and the option length field set to 3, which the pre-fix validation accepts), context_len / 8 evaluates to 17..31, so the memset length 16 - context_len/8 underflows the unsigned size_t argument to roughly SIZE_MAX. This produces an unbounded out-of-bounds memset that zeroes kernel memory well past the 6lo context structure.

The defect is reachable from unauthenticated, link-local input: any host on the same link can send a crafted Router Advertisement with a 6CO option. The RA handler validates only the option length field before calling handle_ra_6co(), so a single packet triggers the wild write. The code is compiled when CONFIG_NET_6LO_CONTEXT is enabled.

The impact is a reliable remote (adjacent) denial of service via memory corruption, with collateral integrity loss as the memset zeroes contiguous memory before the system faults. Router Advertisements are link-scoped and not forwarded, so the attacker must be on the same link (AV:A). The fix rejects any context_len greater than 128 before the length computation.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: 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
Severity81% × 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_commit, github.
github Patch Available

Out-of-bounds write in IPv6 6LoWPAN Context Option handling via unauthenticated Router Advertisement · Advisory · zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr · GitHub

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-h5m5-hm6j-cgpf
github_commit

commit 15e838c739be (zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr)

Fix landed in zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr commit 15e838c739be — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/15e838c739be637bf23fd56a5c26f2b32079551b

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× 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. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-27 15:11 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-26 15:40 UTCEG score recompute
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  8. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-24 19:37 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-23 10:37 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-22 01:36 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-21 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-21 03:36 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-20 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-20 15:45 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-19 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-19 20:54 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-19 20:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12633?
CVE-2026-12633 is a high vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. The IPv6 neighbor-discovery code in subsys/net/ip/ipv6nbr.c processes the 6LoWPAN Context Option (6CO, RFC 6775) carried inside ICMPv6 Router Advertisements. In handlera6co() the 8-bit contextlen field is taken directly from the packet and was never bounded to the RFC maximum of 128. The function…
When was CVE-2026-12633 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12633 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-2026-12633 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12633 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 88.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12633?
CVE-2026-12633 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12633?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12633, 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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