CVE-2022-26126 Memory corruption in FRRouting

High 7.8 Published Updated

Buffer overflow in FRRouting allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted ISIS notifications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-26126?

CVE-2022-26126 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in FRRouting through 8.1.0 due to the use of strdup with a non-zero-terminated binary string in isis_nb_notifications.c.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26126?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Frrouting Frrouting.

How do I fix CVE-2022-26126?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-26126 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26126 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2025-TL74992, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26126, GHSA-mv8p-w8jf-x9q9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26126.

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