CVE-2026-102693
CriticalCVSS 9.6Summary
RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system designed for Internet of Things devices and other embedded systems. Prior to 2026.04, the ATWINC15x0 driver's _atwinc15x0_sta_set_current_ssid function uses strcpy to copy an SSID without checking the destination size. When MODULE_ATWINC15X0_DYNAMIC_CONNECT is enabled, a nearby attacker can advertise a malformed or oversized SSID that is processed during Wi-Fi scanning, causing memory corruption and potentially a hard fault, denial of service, or code execution.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability can cause memory corruption, device crash (denial of service), or code execution by an attacker within radio range. RIOT devices with MODULE_ATWINC15X0_DYNAMIC_CONNECT enabled in versions prior to 2026.04 are exposed.
Recommendation
Update RIOT to version 2026.04 or later. Until patched, consider disabling MODULE_ATWINC15X0_DYNAMIC_CONNECT or limiting Wi-Fi scanning in untrusted environments.
Other vulnerabilities in RIOT
See all- CVE-2026-49868Critical
RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system designed for Internet of Things devices and other embedded systems. Prior to 2026.07, _parse_reply() in sys/net/application_layer/dhcpv6/client.c omits minimum-length validation before passing IA_PD and IA_NA option bodies to sub-option parsers. A malicious or compromised DHCPv6 server can send a REPLY with an option length smaller than the required structure while MODULE_DHCPV6_CLIENT_IA_PD is enabled, causing _parse_ia_pd_option to read past the option body, size_t underflow, and unbounded out-of-bounds heap reads.
- CVE-2026-102692Critical
RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system designed for Internet of Things devices and other embedded systems. Prior to 2026.07, nanocoap accepts oversized CoAP Block2 option values without enforcing the 20-bit maximum block number, allowing block offset multiplication to overflow on 32-bit targets. The oversized value passes from coap_get_blockopt() to coap_block_slicer_init(), and a remote CoAP client can send a malformed Block2 option that produces an invalid slice range and can cause out-of-bounds memory access, denial of service, or memory corruption.
- CVE-2017-8289Critical
A stack-based buffer overflow in the ipv6_addr_from_str function in RIOT prior to April 25, 2017, can be exploited by local and potentially remote attackers. Attackers may cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impacts via a malformed IPv6 address.
- CVE-2026-107838High
RIOT from version 2023.07 through 2026.07 ignores a failure returned by _resp_init() in nanocoap_fileserver when coap_build_reply() cannot fit a response header into the response buffer. A remote client can send a CoAP request with a large extended token, causing response initialization to fail and leading to an assertion that terminates the service or task.
- CVE-2026-107837High
RIOT in 2026.07 and earlier, the _receive() function in gnrc_sixlowpan.c can route an undersized packet into SFF fragment handling after only a minimal payload check. A remote attacker can send a malformed 6LoWPAN fragment causing read beyond the packet buffer, potentially disclosing memory and crashing the network stack.
- CVE-2026-107836High
RIOT in 2026.07 and earlier, the nanocoap_sock_get_slice() function accepts a Block2 response when _block_cb() sees the expected block number without verifying that the server-controlled szx and derived offset match the requested block geometry. A malicious CoAP server can return the expected block number with a larger block size, causing offset underflow and read before the payload buffer, potentially crashing the client.
Original NVD description (English source)
RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system designed for Internet of Things devices and other embedded systems. Prior to 2026.04, the ATWINC15x0 driver's _atwinc15x0_sta_set_current_ssid function uses strcpy to copy an SSID without checking the destination size. When MODULE_ATWINC15X0_DYNAMIC_CONNECT is enabled, a nearby attacker can advertise a malformed or oversized SSID that is processed during Wi-Fi scanning, causing memory corruption and potentially a hard fault, denial of service, or code execution. This issue is fixed in version 2026.04.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

