What is CVE-2026-16095?

CVE-2026-16095 is a high-severity vulnerability in Shibby Tomato, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-16095?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Shibby Tomato

CVE-2026-16095

A flaw has been found in Shibby Tomato 1.28 RT-N5x MIPSR2 Build 124. Affected by this issue is the function setup_conntrack of the file /sbin/rc. Executing a manipulation of the argument ct_tcp_timeout can lead to out-of-bounds write. The attack may be performed from remote. This project is superseded by FreshTomato.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-07-18 · last modified 2026-07-20.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Shibby Tomato — versions 1.28 RT-N5x MIPSR2 Build 124

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

vuldb.com/vuln/379799 (technical-description, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/vuln/379799/cti (signature, permissions-required)
vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16095 (third-party-advisory)
vuldb.com/submit/855123 (third-party-advisory)
gitee.com/Fengyi-Wang/CVE/issues/IJTQ5S (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16095?: CVE-2026-16095 is a high-severity vulnerability in Shibby Tomato, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-16095?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.