CVE-2026-74220
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.
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
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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuAzure Linux:3 |
through 10.1.0-1 | None known |
u-bootDebian: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 Show 19 moreShow less2023.04~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-bootDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2025.01-32025.01-3+deb13u12025.01-3.12025.01-3.2 |
None known |
u-bootDebian:14 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2025.01-32025.01-3.12025.01-3.2 |
None known |
uboot-toolsopenEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1 |
before 2024.01-6.oe2403sp1 | 2024.01-6.oe2403sp1 |
uboot-toolsopenEuler:24.03-LTS-SP3 |
before 2024.01-6.oe2403sp3 | 2024.01-6.oe2403sp3 |
uboot-toolsopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4 |
before 2021.10-14.oe2203sp4 | 2021.10-14.oe2203sp4 |
u-bootUbuntu: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 Show 6 moreShow less2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu22016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu32016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu52016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm1 |
2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm2 |
u-bootUbuntu: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-bootUbuntu: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 Show 5 moreShow less2021.01+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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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
u-bootUbuntu: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 Show 7 moreShow less2022.01+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-nezhaUbuntu: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-bootUbuntu: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 Show 8 moreShow less2024.01+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-nezhaUbuntu: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-bootUbuntu:26.10 |
before 2025.10-0ubuntu6, plus listed versions 2025.10-0ubuntu22025.10-0ubuntu32025.10-0ubuntu42025.10-0ubuntu5 |
2025.10-0ubuntu6 |
u-bootUbuntu: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
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, facts, references | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE 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
github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/0bbf09859658b8cc9ac13be41af23b516b8ef69a
github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/v2026.07/net/nfs-common.c
github.com/u-boot/u-boot
vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-before-2026.10-rc5-buffer-overflow-via-nfs-read-reply
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74220
github.com/advisories/GHSA-63gj-h865-3h3j
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github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74220.json
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-74220
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2026-4735
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74221
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2026-4736
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2026-4737
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-74220
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74220
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8930-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8930-2
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-74221
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-74222
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-74225