FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the BGP NLRI (Network Layer Reachability Information) decoder. The function decode_bgp_subnet_encoding_ipv4_raw() in src/bgp_protocol.cpp reads prefix_bit_length directly from the BGP packet (line 99) without validating it is <= 32 for IPv4 prefixes. This value is passed to how_much_bytes_we_need_for_storing_certain_subnet_mask() which computes ceil(prefix_bit_length / 8), returning up to 32 bytes for a prefix_bit_length of 255. The result is used as the length argument to memcpy() (line 106), which copies into a 4-byte uint32_t stack variable (prefix_ipv4). This causes a stack buffer overflow of up to 28 bytes, which can be exploited for arbitrary code execution. Additionally, the unvalidated prefix_bit_length is passed to convert_cidr_to_binary_netmask_local_function_copy() (line 111), where a shift of (32 - cidr) with cidr > 32 causes undefined behavior.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon | Product |
| https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/bgp_protocol.cpp | Product |
| https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48686-bgp-nlri-stack-overflow | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
27 May 2026, 14:23
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon - Product | |
| References | () https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/bgp_protocol.cpp - Product | |
| References | () https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48686-bgp-nlri-stack-overflow - Third Party Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Pavel-odintsov
Pavel-odintsov fastnetmon |
26 May 2026, 21:16
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| CWE | CWE-120 CWE-787 |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8 |
26 May 2026, 16:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-05-26 16:16
Updated : 2026-05-27 14:23
NVD link : CVE-2026-48686
Mitre link : CVE-2026-48686
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48686
JSON object : View
Products Affected
pavel-odintsov
- fastnetmon
