Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-5067

zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr

Out-of-bounds read/write in HTTP WebSocket upgrade via non-null-terminated Sec-WebSocket-Key

CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical

Official description

A remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger memory corruption in Zephyr's HTTP server WebSocket upgrade path by sending a crafted Sec-WebSocket-Key header. The HTTP/1 header parser copies the header into a fixed-size buffer using a bounded copy that does not guarantee NUL termination when the input length reaches the buffer size. During upgrade handling the buffer is copied to a local stack buffer and passed to strlen(); if no NUL exists in-bounds, strlen() reads beyond the stack buffer and subsequent concatenation with the WebSocket magic string can write out of bounds. This leads to out-of-bounds read and write on stack memory, resulting in crash (denial of service) and potentially code execution. The path is reachable when CONFIG_HTTP_SERVER_WEBSOCKET is enabled.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.8Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (zephyr) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr 3.7.0 ≤ v < 4.3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-06-09
Last updated
2026-10-16
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
zephyr

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.64%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
51%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
Proof of concept
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-170
    Improper Null Termination
  • CWE-787
    Out-of-bounds Write