CVE-2026-16147

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.8 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
6.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The ITE IT82xx2 USB device-controller driver (drivers/usb/udc/udc_it82xx2.c) mishandles multi-packet OUT transfers on non-control endpoints. In work_handler_out() the active transfer buffer is obtained with udc_buf_peek() (which does not dequeue it); when a full max-packet-size packet arrives but the buffer still has tailroom (the transfer is not yet complete), the pre-fix code both re-arms the endpoint to keep filling that same buf via work_handler_xfer_continue() and simultaneously hands the same, still-being-filled buffer to the upper stack with udc_submit_ep_event().

Because udc_submit_ep_event() transfers ownership of the buffer to the USB device stack (usbd_event_carrier() appends &buf->node to uds_ctx->ep_events, after which the class handler processes and net_buf_unref()s it), the driver continues to DMA subsequent host-controlled OUT packets into a buffer the upper stack may already have freed and recycled — a use-after-free write. In addition, since the buffer was never dequeued, the completing packet runs udc_buf_get() on the same object and submits it a second time, appending &buf->node to the event slist twice (singly-linked-list corruption) and causing a double net_buf_unref().

The IT82xx2 is a USB peripheral controller, so the untrusted USB host controls OUT-transfer packetization and can force this path against any non-control OUT endpoint whose queued buffer exceeds one packet — an ordinary bulk/interrupt pattern. The driver and USB device stack run in kernel context above the external host, giving the host a device-side kernel heap-corruption primitive: a reliable denial of service and, because the written bytes are attacker-controlled, plausible corruption of adjacent net_buf pool memory. The vector is physical (USB attach). The fix defers submission until the buffer is completely filled and lets xfer_work_handler() drive continuation, so each OUT buffer is submitted to the upper stack exactly once.

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8(medium)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: 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
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

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

it82xx2 USB device controller submits incomplete OUT transfer buffers, causing use-after-free and event-list corruption · Advisory · zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr · GitHub

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-3q4g-7w6j-8qfp
github_commit

commit 2abc3088a659 (zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr)

Fix landed in zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr commit 2abc3088a659 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/2abc3088a6598579cf322452801a13cb0ec57b0e

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 15× 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. 2026-09-24 16:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-23 14:03 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-22 12:02 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-21 10:00 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-20 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-19 05:24 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-18 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-17 01:21 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-14 20:23 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-14 20:15 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-14 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-14 19:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16147?
CVE-2026-16147 is a medium vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. The ITE IT82xx2 USB device-controller driver (drivers/usb/udc/udcit82xx2.c) mishandles multi-packet OUT transfers on non-control endpoints. In workhandlerout() the active transfer buffer is obtained with udcbufpeek() (which does not dequeue it); when a full max-packet-size packet arrives but the…
When was CVE-2026-16147 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16147 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16147 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16147 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 93.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16147?
CVE-2026-16147 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16147?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16147, 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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