CVE-2026-77234 (GCVE-0-2026-77234)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-21 17:40
Modified
2026-08-27 16:46
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
Improper input validation in FreeRTOS-Kernel before 11.3.1 might allow an unprivileged task on MPU-enabled ports to execute code in privileged kernel context. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 11.3.1 or later.
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Impacted products
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