A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the TCP options parser of the Nut/Net TCP/IP stack included in Nut/OS, developed by Ethernut/Egnite. Nut/OS releases up to version 5.1 are affected. An unauthenticated attacker can send a single TCP segment containing an unknown TCP option with a length byte of zero to any open TCP port on a vulnerable device. When processed, this malformed option triggers an infinite loop in the function NutTcpInputOptions, permanently blocking the TCP processing thread and rendering all TCP-based services unresponsive until the device is rebooted.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.ethernut.de/en/download/index.html |
Configurations
No configuration.
History
02 Nov 2026, 18:18
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 |
| CWE | CWE-835 |
02 Nov 2026, 17:17
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-11-02 17:17
Updated : 2026-11-02 19:35
NVD link : CVE-2026-120596
Mitre link : CVE-2026-120596
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-120596
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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
