Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation Affecting zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr package, versions [,4.4.1-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ZEPHYRPROJECTRTOSZEPHYR-17705232
  • published30 Jun 2026
  • disclosed29 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-7656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-670  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr to version 4.4.1-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation due to improper input validation in the handle_ra_input, handle_ns_input, and handle_na_input functions. An attacker can inject forged Router Advertisement, Neighbor Solicitation, or Neighbor Advertisement messages by sending specially crafted IPv6 Neighbor Discovery packets, potentially reconfiguring network parameters, poisoning neighbor caches, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks, redirecting traffic, or causing denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1