FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 has out-of-bounds memory access because it incorrectly parses BGP path attributes with the extended length flag set. In src/bgp_protocol.hpp, the parse_raw_bgp_attribute() function correctly identifies when extended_length_bit is set and sets length_of_length_field to 2, but then reads only a single byte for the attribute value length (attribute_value_length = value[2] at line 173). Per RFC 4271 Section 4.3, when the Extended Length bit is set, the Attribute Length field is two octets and the value should be read as a 16-bit big-endian integer from value[2] and value[3]. As a result, any attribute longer than 255 bytes has its length silently truncated to the low byte (e.g., 300 bytes = 0x012C is read as 0x2C = 44 bytes). The remaining 256 bytes are then misinterpreted as subsequent attributes, causing cascading parse failures and potential out-of-bounds memory access.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon | Product |
| https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/bgp_protocol.hpp | Product |
| https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48685-bgp-extended-length | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
27 May 2026, 14:23
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon - Product | |
| References | () https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/bgp_protocol.hpp - Product | |
| References | () https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48685-bgp-extended-length - Third Party Advisory | |
| First Time |
Pavel-odintsov
Pavel-odintsov fastnetmon |
|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
26 May 2026, 21:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5 |
| CWE | CWE-130 |
26 May 2026, 16:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-05-26 16:16
Updated : 2026-05-27 14:23
NVD link : CVE-2026-48685
Mitre link : CVE-2026-48685
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48685
JSON object : View
Products Affected
pavel-odintsov
- fastnetmon
CWE
CWE-130
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
