Vulnerability · CVE-2026-7422
Insufficient packet validation in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to bypass all checksum and minimum-size validation by spo…
Published Apr 29, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · the affected product
Last checked Oct 25, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-7422. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
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- Severity
- High7.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.18%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe amazon/freertos-plus-tcp
Insufficient packet validation in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to bypass all checksum and minimum-size validation by spoofing the Ethernet source MAC address to match one of the device's own registered endpoints, because the loopback detection mechanism skips all input validation for packets whose source MAC matches a local endpoint. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to the fixed version when available.
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- cpe amazon/freertos-plus-tcpversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-7422
No stored fix
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Version check
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Advisory
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Official advisories
What to do
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Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-7422. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 29, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Insufficient packet validation in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to bypass all checksum and minimum-size validation by spoofing the Ethernet source MAC address to match one of the device's own registered endpoints, because the loopback detection mechanism skips all input validation for packets whose source MAC matches a local endpoint. To mitigate this
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Insufficient packet validation in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to bypass all checksum and minimum-size validation by spoofing the Ethernet source MAC address to match one of the device's own registered endpoints, because the loopback detection mechanism skips all input validation for packets whose source MAC matches a local endpoint. To mitigate this
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-7422
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-7422
30-day exploitation probability 0.18%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-7422
Insufficient packet validation in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to bypass all checksum and minimum-size validation by spoofing the Ethernet source MAC address to match one of the device's own registered endpoints, because the loopback
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 25, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 25, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 16, 2026
- NIST NVDOct 15, 2026