Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-8718

zephyrproject zephyr

Out-of-bounds write in DTLS peer Connection ID getsockopt (`TLS_DTLS_PEER_CID_VALUE`) in Zephyr net sockets/TLS

CVSS 3.1
8.4High

Official description

tls_opt_dtls_peer_connection_id_value_get() in subsys/net/lib/sockets/sockets_tls.c, which handles getsockopt(SOL_TLS, TLS_DTLS_PEER_CID_VALUE), passed the caller-supplied optval directly to mbedtls_ssl_get_peer_cid() without verifying the buffer was at least MBEDTLS_SSL_CID_OUT_LEN_MAX (default 32) bytes. mbedtls_ssl_get_peer_cid() copies the peer-negotiated DTLS Connection ID (length 1..MBEDTLS_SSL_CID_OUT_LEN_MAX) into that buffer without a destination-size parameter, so a caller-supplied optlen smaller than the CID causes a write of up to 31 bytes past the buffer end. In CONFIG_USERSPACE builds the getsockopt syscall verifier (z_vrfy_zsock_getsockopt) bounce-buffers the user's optval into a kernel allocation of exactly optlen bytes (k_usermode_alloc_from_copy -> z_thread_malloc), so an unprivileged user thread that passes a small optlen on a connected DTLS socket with Connection ID enabled induces a kernel-heap buffer overflow, with the overflowing content being the remote peer's CID. The defect requires CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CONNECTION_ID, an established DTLS session with a negotiated peer CID, and (for the kernel-crossing case) CONFIG_USERSPACE. Introduced when the TLS_DTLS_CID option was added (v3.5.0). The fix rejects callers whose optlen is below MBEDTLS_SSL_CID_OUT_LEN_MAX with -EINVAL.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.4High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (zephyr) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
zephyrproject zephyr 3.5.0 ≤ v < 4.3.2 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
zephyrproject zephyr 4.4.0 ≤ v < 4.4.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-11
Last updated
2026-11-04
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
zephyr

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.17%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
6.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
Proof of concept
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-787
    bounds