NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr package, versions [0,4.4.2-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ZEPHYRPROJECTRTOSZEPHYR-17972356
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-10670  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr to version 4.4.2-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the k_thread_name_copy process. An attacker can cause the system to halt or reboot by supplying a non-NULL but unregistered pointer to the process, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in supervisor mode.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1