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CVE-2026-74220

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Buffer Overflow via NFS READ Reply

8.8 HighFix available

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Unchanged since Sep 30, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.8

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Buffer Overflow via NFS READ Reply

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Record
CVE-2026-74220
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-195
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-89433 8.8

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Record
EUVD-2026-89433
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-63gj-h865-3h3j 8.8

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs...

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Record
GHSA-63gj-h865-3h3j
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-195
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.8

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Record
CVE-2026-74220
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-195
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Buffer Overflow via NFS READ Reply

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Record
CVE-2026-74220
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-195
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-74220 8.8

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74220
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2026-4735 8.2

uboot-tools security update

This package includes the mkimage program, which allows generation of U-Boot images in various formats, and the fw_printenv and fw_setenv programs to read and modify U-Boot's environment.

Security Fix(es):

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.(CVE-2026-74220)

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c when processing NFS server responses. A malicious NFS server can send crafted READLINK replies with negative or oversized symlink length values to corrupt memory and crash the bootloader.(CVE-2026-74221)

Record
OESA-2026-4735
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVOESA-2026-4736 8.2

uboot-tools security update

This package includes the mkimage program, which allows generation of U-Boot images in various formats, and the fw_printenv and fw_setenv programs to read and modify U-Boot's environment.

Security Fix(es):

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.(CVE-2026-74220)

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c when processing NFS server responses. A malicious NFS server can send crafted READLINK replies with negative or oversized symlink length values to corrupt memory and crash the bootloader.(CVE-2026-74221)

Record
OESA-2026-4736
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVOESA-2026-4737 8.2

uboot-tools security update

This package includes the mkimage program, which allows generation of U-Boot images in various formats, and the fw_printenv and fw_setenv programs to read and modify U-Boot's environment.

Security Fix(es):

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.(CVE-2026-74220)

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c when processing NFS server responses. A malicious NFS server can send crafted READLINK replies with negative or oversized symlink length values to corrupt memory and crash the bootloader.(CVE-2026-74221)

Record
OESA-2026-4737
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74220 8.8

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74220
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-105699 No score

CVE-2026-74220 affecting package qemu 10.1.0-1

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.

Record
AZL-105699
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-8930-1 No score

u-boot vulnerabilities

Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain NFS READ and NFS READLINK responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-74220, CVE-2026-74221)

Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain HTTP data storage failures in its lwIP implementation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a use-after-free, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-74222)

Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot did not properly validate certain DHCPv6 option lengths during network boot. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger out-of-bounds memory access, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-74225)

Record
USN-8930-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-8930-2 No score

u-boot vulnerabilities

USN-8930-1 fixed some vulnerabilities in U-Boot. This update provides the corresponding fix for U-Boot on Ubuntu 26.10.

Original advisory details:

Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain NFS READ and NFS READLINK responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-74220, CVE-2026-74221)

Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain HTTP data storage failures in its lwIP implementation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a use-after-free, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-74222)

Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot did not properly validate certain DHCPv6 option lengths during network boot. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger out-of-bounds memory access, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-74225)

Record
USN-8930-2
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
Azure Linux:3
through 10.1.0-1 None known
u-boot
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
2023.01+dfsg-22023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u12023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u22023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u32023.04+dfsg-1
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2023.04~rc2+dfsg-12023.04~rc5+dfsg-12023.07+dfsg-12023.07~rc4+dfsg-12023.07~rc5+dfsg-12024.01+dfsg-12024.01+dfsg-22024.01+dfsg-32024.01+dfsg-42024.01+dfsg-52024.01+dfsg-62024.01+dfsg-72024.01~rc6+dfsg-12024.01~rc6+dfsg-22025.01-12025.01-22025.01-32025.01-3.12025.01-3.2
None known
u-boot
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
2025.01-32025.01-3+deb13u12025.01-3.12025.01-3.2
None known
u-boot
Debian:14
All versions, plus listed versions
2025.01-32025.01-3.12025.01-3.2
None known
uboot-tools
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1
before 2024.01-6.oe2403sp1
2024.01-6.oe2403sp1
uboot-tools
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP3
before 2024.01-6.oe2403sp3
2024.01-6.oe2403sp3
uboot-tools
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
before 2021.10-14.oe2203sp4
2021.10-14.oe2203sp4
u-boot
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm2, plus listed versions
2015.04+dfsg1-2ubuntu12015.10+dfsg1-22015.10+dfsg1-32015.10+dfsg1-42016.01+dfsg1-1
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2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu22016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu32016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu52016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm1
2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm2
u-boot
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
before 2020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.3+esm2, plus listed versions
2016.03+dfsg1-6ubuntu22018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1~18.04.12018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu2~18.04.12018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu3~18.04.12019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu4~18.04.12020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.22020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.32020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.3+esm1
2020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.3+esm2
u-boot
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 2021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.6+esm2, plus listed versions
2019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu32019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu52019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu62020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~20.04.22021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.1
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2021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.32021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.42021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.52021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.62021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.6+esm1
2021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.6+esm2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
u-boot
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
before 2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.9, plus listed versions
2021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu82021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu92021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu102022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu12022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2
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2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.12022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.32022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.42022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.52022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.62022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.72022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.8
2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.9
u-boot-nezha
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2021.09+git20211008.62392d3-0ubuntu12022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.12022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.22022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.32022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.4
None known
u-boot
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
before 2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.4, plus listed versions
2023.07+dfsg-1ubuntu22024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu12024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu22024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu32024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu4
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2024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu52024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu5.12024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu5.22025.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.12025.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.22025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.12025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.22025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.3
2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.4
u-boot-nezha
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2022.10-1089-g528ae9bc6c-0ubuntu22024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu12024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu22024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu2.24.04.2
None known
u-boot
Ubuntu:26.10
before 2025.10-0ubuntu6, plus listed versions
2025.10-0ubuntu22025.10-0ubuntu32025.10-0ubuntu42025.10-0ubuntu5
2025.10-0ubuntu6
u-boot
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
before 2025.10-0ubuntu2.2, plus listed versions
2025.01-3ubuntu42025.10-0ubuntu12025.10-0ubuntu22025.10-0ubuntu2.1
2025.10-0ubuntu2.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, aliases, facts, referencesOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-74220 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Denx Software Engineering U-boot, published September 29, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. Fixed in uboot-tools 2024.01-6.oe2403sp1.

References

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