Out-of-bounds Read in Libcoap

CVE-2026-29013

libcoap contains out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in OSCORE Appendix B.2 CBOR unwrap handling where get_byte_inc() in src/oscore/oscore_cbor.c relies solely on assert() for bounds checking, which is removed in release builds compiled with NDEBUG. Attackers can send crafted CoAP requests with malformed OSCORE options or responses during OSCORE negotiation to trigger out-of-bounds reads during CBOR parsing and potentially cause out-of-bounds reads through integer wraparound in allocation size computation.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (21.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-29013?
CVE-2026-29013 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libcoap, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-29013?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.