8.3
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-59250
Megaco flex scanner buffer overflow via oversized property parm name
Description

Classic buffer overflow in the Erlang/OTP megaco flex scanner C driver allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to corrupt the driver's memory (and potentially achieve remote code execution or a denial-of-service crash) by sending a single text-encoded H.248/Megaco message containing an oversized property parm name. When tokenizing a Local/Remote descriptor, mfs_load_property_groups extracts the attacker-controlled property name (bounded only by the message length) and, when no value follows, formats it into a fixed 512-byte error_msg field of the MfsErlDrvData struct using an unchecked sprintf call. Names longer than roughly 452 bytes overflow into the immediately following struct fields (text_buf, text_ptr, term_spec, term_spec_size, term_spec_index), overwriting live pointers and counters with attacker-chosen bytes. Subsequent scanner code writes and frees through the corrupted pointers, producing arbitrary write and arbitrary free primitives inside the BEAM VM process, which can be leveraged for remote code execution. On builds compiled with _FORTIFY_SOURCE the overflow is detected at runtime and terminates the process with SIGABRT, resulting in denial of service. The overflow occurs in the flex scanner before any grammar or Megaco-level authentication processing, so exploitation requires only network reachability to the megaco transport port on a node configured with {scanner, flex}. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/megaco/src/flex/megaco_flex_scanner_drv.flex.src and program routines mfs_load_property_groups. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to megaco from 3.17.1 before 4.9.1, 4.8.3.1 and 4.7.2.2. Versions prior to OTP 17.0 are also affected but are not listed because the OTP version scheme is only defined from OTP 17.0 onwards.

INFO

Published Date :

July 27, 2026, 4:18 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 27, 2026, 4:18 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-59250 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Erlang otp
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
Solution
Update Erlang/OTP and megaco to patched versions to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability.
  • Update Erlang/OTP to a version after 27.3.4.15.
  • Update Erlang/OTP to a version after 28.5.0.4.
  • Update Erlang/OTP to a version after 29.0.4.
  • Update megaco to a version after 4.9.1.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-59250 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received by 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db

    Jul. 27, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'repo': 'https://github.com/erlang/otp', 'vendor': 'Erlang', 'modules': ['megaco_flex_scanner', 'megaco_flex_scanner_drv'], 'product': 'OTP', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'changes': [{'at': '4.9.1', 'status': 'unaffected'}, {'at': '4.8.3.1', 'status': 'unaffected'}, {'at': '4.7.2.2', 'status': 'unaffected'}], 'version': '3.17.1', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'otp'}], 'packageURL': 'pkg:otp/megaco?repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Fotp&vcs_url=git%20https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Fotp.git', 'packageName': 'megaco', 'programFiles': ['src/flex/megaco_flex_scanner_drv.flex.src'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected', 'programRoutines': [{'name': 'mfs_load_property_groups'}, {'name': 'megaco_flex_scanner:scan/2'}]}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'repo': 'https://github.com/erlang/otp', 'vendor': 'Erlang', 'modules': ['megaco_flex_scanner', 'megaco_flex_scanner_drv'], 'product': 'OTP', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'changes': [{'at': '29.0.4', 'status': 'unaffected'}, {'at': '28.5.0.4', 'status': 'unaffected'}, {'at': '27.3.4.15', 'status': 'unaffected'}], 'version': 'R13B03', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'otp'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '84adefa331c4159d432d22840663c38f155cd4c1', 'lessThan': '8704c8f550a11ed5f825e3c011ecb03565b79c4f', 'versionType': 'git'}], 'packageURL': 'pkg:github/erlang/otp', 'packageName': 'erlang/otp', 'programFiles': ['lib/megaco/src/flex/megaco_flex_scanner_drv.flex.src'], 'collectionURL': 'https://github.com', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected', 'programRoutines': [{'name': 'mfs_load_property_groups'}, {'name': 'megaco_flex_scanner:scan/2'}]}]
    Added Description Classic buffer overflow in the Erlang/OTP megaco flex scanner C driver allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to corrupt the driver's memory (and potentially achieve remote code execution or a denial-of-service crash) by sending a single text-encoded H.248/Megaco message containing an oversized property parm name. When tokenizing a Local/Remote descriptor, mfs_load_property_groups extracts the attacker-controlled property name (bounded only by the message length) and, when no value follows, formats it into a fixed 512-byte error_msg field of the MfsErlDrvData struct using an unchecked sprintf call. Names longer than roughly 452 bytes overflow into the immediately following struct fields (text_buf, text_ptr, term_spec, term_spec_size, term_spec_index), overwriting live pointers and counters with attacker-chosen bytes. Subsequent scanner code writes and frees through the corrupted pointers, producing arbitrary write and arbitrary free primitives inside the BEAM VM process, which can be leveraged for remote code execution. On builds compiled with _FORTIFY_SOURCE the overflow is detected at runtime and terminates the process with SIGABRT, resulting in denial of service. The overflow occurs in the flex scanner before any grammar or Megaco-level authentication processing, so exploitation requires only network reachability to the megaco transport port on a node configured with {scanner, flex}. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/megaco/src/flex/megaco_flex_scanner_drv.flex.src and program routines mfs_load_property_groups. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to megaco from 3.17.1 before 4.9.1, 4.8.3.1 and 4.7.2.2. Versions prior to OTP 17.0 are also affected but are not listed because the OTP version scheme is only defined from OTP 17.0 onwards.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CWE CWE-120
    Added Reference https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-59250.html
    Added Reference https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8704c8f550a11ed5f825e3c011ecb03565b79c4f
    Added Reference https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-7xgh-gmgf-q2g7
    Added Reference https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-59250
    Added Reference https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.