CVE-2025-26500 VxWorks 7 USB Failure
Crafted USB packets cause excessive resource allocation, rendering the VxWorks 7 system unavailable.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26500?
CVE-2025-26500 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7, published on 21 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks allows Excessive Allocation.
Specifically crafted USB packets may lead to the system becoming unavailable
This issue affects VxWorks 7: from 22.06 through 24.03.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26500?
How do I fix CVE-2025-26500?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-26500 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26500 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ppcr-7c68-6c88.