Critical severity · published Jan 12, 2026
CVE-2026-22213
RIOT OS <= 2026.01-devel-317 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in tapslip6 Utility
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
RIOT OS versions up to and including 2026.01-devel-317 contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the tapslip6 utility. The vulnerability is caused by unsafe string concatenation in the devopen() function, which constructs a device path using unbounded user-controlled input. The utility uses strcpy() and strcat() to concatenate the fixed prefix '/dev/' with a user-supplied device name provided via the -s command-line option without bounds checking. This allows an attacker to supply an excessively long device name and overflow a fixed-size stack buffer, leading to process crashes and memory corruption.
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
RO
RIOT OS · RIOT
through 2026.01-devel-317 · source: vendor
RI
Riot · Riot-os
before 2025.10; 2026.01; 2026.01 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22213
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22213
Product
https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT
Exploit
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Jan/15
Product
https://www.riot-os.org/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/riot-os-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-tapslip6-utility
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