GHSA-8365-gj33-rgpf: RIOT: Potential integer overflow in nanocoap Block2 handling leading to out-of-bounds memory access

Published Oct 16, 2026
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Updated

RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system designed for Internet of Things devices and other embedded systems. Prior to 2026.07, nanocoap accepts oversized CoAP Block2 option values without enforcing the 20-bit maximum block number, allowing block offset multiplication to overflow on 32-bit targets. The affected master baseline is commit aeeae69e; the verified fix is later on master and remains unreleased. The oversized value passes from coapgetblockopt() to coapblockslicerinit(). A remote CoAP client can send a malformed Block2 option that produces an invalid slice range and can cause out-of-bounds memory access, denial of service, or memory corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.07.

Affected Software

1 affected component
RIOT RIOT<2026.07

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade RIOT nanocoap to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2026.07

Event History

Oct 16, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·04:48 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·04:48 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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