Critical severity · published Mar 5, 2026
CVE-2026-1678
dns: memory‑safety issue in the DNS name parser
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
dns_unpack_name() caches the buffer tailroom once and reuses it while appending DNS labels. As the buffer grows, the cached size becomes incorrect, and the final null terminator can be written past the buffer. With assertions disabled (default), a malicious DNS response can trigger an out-of-bounds write when CONFIG_DNS_RESOLVER is enabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZE
Zephyr · zephyrproject-rtos
before 3.7.2; 4.0.0 before 4.2.2; 4.3.0 before 4.3.1 · source: vendor, NVD
Affected product
ZE
Zephyr
zephyrproject-rtos
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