# CVE-2026-7426: Out-of-Bounds Write via Unsanitized Prefix Length in Router Advertisement Processing in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP

> CVE-2026-7426: Out-of-Bounds Write via Unsanitized Prefix Length in Router Advertisement Processing in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP. CVSS 8.1 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-7426
Last updated: 2026-06-17T11:02:25Z

- Published: 2026-04-29 18:53 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 11:02 UTC · Assigner: AMZN
- CVSS: 8.1 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.25%, 16th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-787

## Description

Insufficient validation of the prefix length field in IPv6 Router Advertisement processing in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to cause memory corruption by sending a crafted Router Advertisement with a prefix length value exceeding the maximum valid length, resulting in a heap buffer overflow. Users processing IPv4 RA only are not impacted. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to the fixed version when available.

## Affected vendors and products

- AWS: FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP

## Tracked companies

- [Amazon Web Services](https://rewindex.com/company/aws.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7426)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7426)
- [https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-023-aws/](https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-023-aws/)
- [https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.2.6](https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.2.6)
- [https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.4.1](https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.4.1)
- [https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-97qg-4359-xm3x](https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-97qg-4359-xm3x)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-7426 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-7426.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-7426 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:10:14.694Z