# CVE-2026-5855: Contiki-NG LwM2M TLV Parser Out-of-Bounds Read via Unchecked Buffer Length in lwm2m\_tlv\_read

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-06 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- Contiki-NG: version range not reported

## Description

Contiki-NG's LwM2M TLV parser lwm2m_tlv_read() in os/services/lwm2m/lwm2m-tlv.c ignores its caller-supplied buffer length argument and reads up to six bytes from the input buffer with no bounds check. The caller in lwm2m-engine.c iterates while there is at least one byte remaining, so a crafted CoAP WRITE to any LwM2M endpoint whose final TLV supplies exactly one byte triggers up to five out-of-bounds reads of heap memory adjacent to the CoAP input buffer, disclosing memory contents (including key material and peer addresses) through the parsed tlv->id, tlv->length, and tlv->value fields. Corrupted tlv_len derived from the out-of-bounds memory further corrupts the caller's parse offset. In LwM2M NoSec mode, the default for constrained devices, no authentication is required.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Contiki-NG, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng
- https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/3165
- https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/commit/f1673b5766d4d4d514cefb8a0350f43653574997

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