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CVE-2026-119776

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Description

In all prior released versions of FRRouting, the OSPFv3 (for IPv6) implementation does not check that OSPFv3 packets have a link-local source address and either a link-local destination or one of the protocol multicast destination groups. This may enable malicious actors to establish OSPFv3 adjacencies from unexpectedly, distant IPv6 hosts. Proper usage of OSPFv3 authentication trailers (RFC 7166, as is best practice) prevents full exploitation of this issue, though may allow a malicious actor to waste CPU on authentication checks. Note the linked PR #23935 is not sufficient to fix the issue as it only verifies the source address. It is the destination address that must be checked.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
57a55968-44ac-464c-a794-6ba3baad09c4
Published
2026-11-04 15:17:41.400000
Last modified
2026-11-04 15:17:41.400000
View original CVE JSON
{
  "id": "CVE-2026-119776",
  "sourceIdentifier": "57a55968-44ac-464c-a794-6ba3baad09c4",
  "published": "2026-11-04T15:17:41.400",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-04T15:17:41.400",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In all prior released versions of FRRouting, the OSPFv3 (for IPv6) implementation does not check that OSPFv3 packets have a link-local source address and either a link-local destination or one of the protocol multicast destination groups.  This may enable malicious actors to establish OSPFv3 adjacencies from unexpectedly, distant IPv6 hosts. Proper usage of OSPFv3 authentication trailers (RFC 7166, as is best practice) prevents full exploitation of this issue, though may allow a malicious actor to waste CPU on authentication checks.\n\n\n\nNote the linked PR #23935 is not sufficient to fix the issue as it only verifies the source address. It is the destination address that must be checked."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "57a55968-44ac-464c-a794-6ba3baad09c4",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "frrouting",
          "product": "frrouting",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "modules": [
            "ospf6d"
          ],
          "programFiles": [
            "ospf6d/ospf6_message.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "*",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected",
              "changes": [
                {
                  "at": "eaccfcdb35bce8d94621b06633417ba3fa657f34",
                  "status": "unaffected"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "metrics": {
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      {
        "source": "57a55968-44ac-464c-a794-6ba3baad09c4",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "4.0",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
          "baseScore": 6.1,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackRequirements": "PRESENT",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "vulnIntegrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
          "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "YES",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
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      "source": "57a55968-44ac-464c-a794-6ba3baad09c4",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
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          "value": "CWE-304"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/pull/23935",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/pull/24183",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/pull/24183/changes/eaccfcdb35bce8d94621b06633417ba3fa657f34",
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}