CVE-2026-75584: ION-DTN < 4.2.1-a.1 Denial of Service via canonicalizePayloadBlock() Assertion

Published Sep 10, 2026
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Updated

ION-DTN before 4.2.1-a.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the ION process by sending a BPv7 bundle with a zero-length payload. The canonicalizePayloadBlock() function in bpsecutil.c passes bundle->payload.length to zcoclone() without validating it against zero, causing a failed CHKZERO assertion that triggers smAbort() and terminates the process with SIGABRT before any HMAC verification occurs, requiring no valid key or credential to exploit.

Affected Software

1 affected component
ION-DTN ION-DTN<4.2.1-a.1

Event History

Sep 10, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:54 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:54 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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