Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2026· Updated Jan 13, 2026
RIOT OS <= 2026.01-devel-317 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in tapslip6 Utility
CVE-2026-22213
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.
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References
3- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Jan/15mitretechnical-descriptionexploit
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/riot-os-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-tapslip6-utilitymitrethird-party-advisory
- www.riot-os.orgmitreproduct
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