CVE-2026-48688
FastNetMon Community Edition BGP MP_REACH_NLRI IPv6 Attribute Decoder Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Description
FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains multiple out-of-bounds reads in the BGP MP_REACH_NLRI IPv6 attribute decoder. The function decode_mp_reach_ipv6() in src/bgp_protocol.cpp contains a TODO comment at line 156 explicitly acknowledging 'we should add sanity checks to avoid reads after attribute memory block.' The function casts raw pointers to structure types without verifying sufficient data exists (line 158), uses the attacker-controlled length_of_next_hop field to determine memcpy size (line 181), and computes prefix_length by dereferencing a pointer calculated from multiple attacker-controlled offsets without bounds validation (line 189). The prefix_length is then used to calculate number_of_bytes_required_for_prefix which becomes a memcpy length (line 202) with no check against remaining buffer size.
INFO
Published Date :
May 26, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 26, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
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Solution
- Update FastNetMon to the latest stable version.
- Apply vendor patches or security advisories.
- Review BGP protocol handling code for robustness.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 26, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains multiple out-of-bounds reads in the BGP MP_REACH_NLRI IPv6 attribute decoder. The function decode_mp_reach_ipv6() in src/bgp_protocol.cpp contains a TODO comment at line 156 explicitly acknowledging 'we should add sanity checks to avoid reads after attribute memory block.' The function casts raw pointers to structure types without verifying sufficient data exists (line 158), uses the attacker-controlled length_of_next_hop field to determine memcpy size (line 181), and computes prefix_length by dereferencing a pointer calculated from multiple attacker-controlled offsets without bounds validation (line 189). The prefix_length is then used to calculate number_of_bytes_required_for_prefix which becomes a memcpy length (line 202) with no check against remaining buffer size. Added Reference https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon Added Reference https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/bgp_protocol.cpp Added Reference https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48688-bgp-mp-reach-nlri-ipv6