🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-97686

MEDIUM 5.5

VxWorks 7 Memory Resource leak

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Wind River VxWorks 7 prior to 26.09, specific system call arguments can result in the IPNET subsystem failing to properly release allocated kernel memory and system file descriptors before terminating the calling application. Fixed in Version 26.09.  Security Researcher: Zhi Yang Bingren Wu Finding

CWE CWE-772
Vendor wind river
Product vxworks 7
Published Sep 28, 2026
Last Updated Sep 28, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Wind River / VxWorks 7
VxWorks 7

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
support2.windriver.com: https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&order_by=cve_modified_date&order_way=asc#list