# CVE-2026-5066: net: sockets: tls: Potential out-of-bounds write/read in socket\_op\_vtable::connect function

- Also known as: GHSA-WGRC-JRF6-24F3
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.7.2, 4.2.2, 4.3.1
- Published: 2026-06-04 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Zephyr: from \*, fixed in 3.7.2; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.2.2; from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.3.1

## Description

A potential out-of-bounds write/read exists in the TLS socket connect path of the network sockets subsystem (subsys/net/lib/sockets/sockets_tls.c). When the TLS session cache is enabled, tls_session_store() and tls_session_restore() memcpy the caller-supplied address into a fixed-size buffer using the caller-controlled addrlen value without validating it against the destination size. struct net_sockaddr is an opaque type, so an application can pass an addrlen larger than sizeof(struct net_sockaddr) (for example 128 bytes into a 24-byte stack buffer), causing the memcpy to read and write past the end of the address memory used by the TLS session cache. This out-of-bounds write can lead to a crash and denial of service, and potentially to arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Zephyr, upgrade to a fixed version (3.7.2, 4.2.2, 4.3.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-wgrc-jrf6-24f3

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