01 Record
CVE-2026-12366
Use-after-free freeing an armed dynamically-allocated k_timer in Zephyr userspace object disposal
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: zephyr
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Use-after-free freeing an armed dynamically-allocated k_timer in Zephyr userspace object disposal
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 5.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-26.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-14 17:52Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-14 19:21Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-16
- Assigning CNA
- zephyr
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f2095b189078f38b5375c8fb1ad95f404e65817fc8340b66182c91e9f4a287d0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comFix commithttps://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/1e68351a2572f9ae480be71da4aca9aa90db3fb2
- github.comGHSA-x96g-542c-gccqhttps://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-x96g-542c-gccq