CVE-2026-48682 Affecting fastnetmon package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FASTNETMON-17137482
  • published3 Jun 2026
  • disclosed2 Jun 2026

Introduced: 2 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-48682  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:13 fastnetmon.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fastnetmon package and not the fastnetmon package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an out-of-bounds read in the IPv4 packet parser. In src/simple_packet_parser_ng.cpp, after validating that the packet contains at least sizeof(ipv4_header_t) bytes (20 bytes), the code advances the local_pointer by '4 * ipv4_header->get_ihl()' (line 164) without validating that (a) IHL >= 5 (the minimum valid value per RFC 791), or (b) 4 * IHL bytes are actually available in the packet. The IHL field is 4 bits, allowing values 0-15, so the advance can be 0-60 bytes. An IHL value of 15 with only 20 bytes validated causes a 40-byte over-read. An IHL of 0-4 causes the pointer to not advance past the IP header, resulting in the TCP/UDP header being parsed from IP header data (type confusion). This vulnerability is reachable via any packet capture interface.