{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "cveMetadata": {"state": "PUBLISHED", "cveId": "CVE-2026-48685", "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-26T15:22:07.299Z", "dateReserved": "2026-05-22T00:00:00.000Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-26T15:22:07.299Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "affected": [{"vendor": "n/a", "product": "n/a", "versions": [{"version": "n/a", "status": "affected"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon"}, {"url": "https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/bgp_protocol.hpp"}, {"url": "https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48685-bgp-extended-length"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"type": "text", "lang": "en", "description": "n/a"}]}]}}, "dataVersion": "5.2"}

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{"affected": [{"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "semver", "value": "[0,1.2.9]"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 85.0, "confidence_source": "inferred", "scores": [{"score": 85.0, "source": "inferred"}, {"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "n/a", "source": "cna", "vendor": "n/a"}, "product": "fastnetmon", "vendor": "pavel-odintsov"}], "created": "2026-05-26T16:30:10.048500+00:00", "title": "FastNetMon Community Edition BGP Attribute Length Parsing Vulnerability Causing OOB Access", "updated": "2026-05-26T17:00:11.498967+00:00", "vendors": ["pavel-odintsov", "pavel-odintsov$PRODUCT$fastnetmon"], "weaknesses": ["CWE-119"]}