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CVE-2026-120596

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Description

A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the TCP options parser of the Nut/Net TCP/IP stack included in Nut/OS, developed by Ethernut/Egnite. Nut/OS releases up to version 5.1 are affected. An unauthenticated attacker can send a single TCP segment containing an unknown TCP option with a length byte of zero to any open TCP port on a vulnerable device. When processed, this malformed option triggers an infinite loop in the function NutTcpInputOptions, permanently blocking the TCP processing thread and rendering all TCP-based services unresponsive until the device is rebooted.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-02 17:17:40.003000
Last modified
2026-11-02 18:18:52.563000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-120596",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-02T17:17:40.003",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-02T18:18:52.563",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
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    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
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          "product": "Nut/Net TCP/IP Stack",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "Nut/OS 5.1",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
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    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
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  "references": [
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      "url": "https://www.ethernut.de/en/download/index.html",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}