CVE-2026-8836
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.6%
74.1th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-119
Published 2026-05-18 · modified 2026-08-22
Description
A vulnerability was found in lwIP up to 2.2.1. Affected is the function snmp_parse_inbound_frame of the file src/apps/snmp/snmp_msg.c of the component snmpv3 USM Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument msgAuthenticationParameters results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The patch is named 0c957ec03054eb6c8205e9c9d1d05d90ada3898c. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue. Two separate issue reports were submitted to the project. Their processing was merged as a duplicate.
References
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lwip.git/commit/?id=0c957ec03054eb6c8205e9c9d1d05d90ada3898c
- https://github.com/lwip-tcpip/lwip/commit/0c957ec03054eb6c8205e9c9d1d05d90ada3898c
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?68055
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?68194
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-8836
- https://vuldb.com/submit/829798
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/364474
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/364474/cti