NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr package, versions [4.3.0,4.3.1)[4.4.0,4.4.2-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ZEPHYRPROJECTRTOSZEPHYR-18302790
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-10678  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr to version 4.3.1, 4.4.2-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the mctp_i2c_gpio_target_write_received process. An attacker can cause memory corruption or system crash by sending crafted I2C commands that trigger a write through a NULL or unallocated pointer, or by overflowing the receive buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1