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high 7.8

CVE-2022-26127 json

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in FRRouting through 8.1.0 due to missing a check on the input packet length in the babel_packet_exa…

published 2022-03-03 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-30694

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in FRRouting through 8.1.0 due to missing a check on the input packet length in the babel_packet_examin function in babeld/message.c.

Patch / fix

  • frr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.4.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26127

  • frr Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 8.1-1ubuntu1
  • frr Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 7.2.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26127

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  • frr SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 7.4-150300.4.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:0901-1

  • frr openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.1-3.1
  • frr openSUSE Leap 15.3 7.4-150300.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11880-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0901-1

  • frr Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 8.2.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-26127

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-26127 updated cvss 8.1

frrouting: Heap buffer overflow in frr/babeld/message.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 frr, frr-contrib, frr-selinux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 frr, frr-selinux
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/issues/10487 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a FRRouting

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

References

Sources

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