CVE-2026-8369 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Input Validation in the NAT64 translator in The OpenThread Authors OpenThread before commit 26a882d on all platforms allows an attacker on the adjacent IPv4 network to inject corrupted IPv6 packets into the Thread mesh or bypass security checks via crafted IPv4 packets with options.

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openthread/openthread/pull/12818

History

Wed, 13 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 13 May 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Input Validation in the NAT64 translator in The OpenThread Authors OpenThread before commit 26a882d on all platforms allows an attacker on the adjacent IPv4 network to inject corrupted IPv6 packets into the Thread mesh or bypass security checks via crafted IPv4 packets with options.
Title		Improper Input Validation in OpenThread NAT64 Translator
Weaknesses		CWE-20
References		https://github.com/openthread/openthread/pull/12818
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google

Published: 2026-05-13T13:36:09.523Z

Updated: 2026-05-13T14:46:46.709Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T21:44:33.335Z

Link: CVE-2026-8369

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T14:46:38.216Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-13T14:18:16.953

Modified: 2026-05-13T15:54:22.820

Link: CVE-2026-8369

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T16:00:17Z

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