CVE-2026-15893

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 90% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

net_if_ipv6_calc_reachable_time() in subsys/net/ip/net_if.c derives a randomized ND reachable time from ipv6->base_reachable_time as min_reachable + sys_rand32_get() % (max_reachable - min_reachable), where min_reachable = base/2 and max_reachable = 3*base/2 using integer division. When base_reachable_time is 1, both min_reachable and the modulus collapse so the function returns 0, and net_if_ipv6_set_reachable_time() stores that 0 into ipv6->reachable_time.

The base_reachable_time is attacker-controlled: handle_ra_input() in subsys/net/ip/ipv6_nbr.c accepts the Reachable Time field of an incoming Router Advertisement whenever it is nonzero and <= MAX_REACHABLE_TIME, so a single unauthenticated, link-local RA carrying a Reachable Time of 1 drives the computed reachable time to 0. Router Advertisements are unauthenticated by default and require only adjacency to the target link.

When a neighbor is subsequently confirmed reachable, net_ipv6_nbr_set_reachable_timer() reads the value and executes NET_ASSERT(time, "Zero reachable timeout!"). On builds with CONFIG_ASSERT enabled this triggers a fatal kernel assertion — a remote denial of service; on builds without assertions the reachable timer is armed with K_MSEC(0) and fires immediately, forcing reachable neighbors into perpetual re-solicitation (STALE), degrading Neighbor Discovery. The impact is limited to availability; there is no memory-safety, confidentiality, or integrity consequence.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
10%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available

Zephyr IPv6 Neighbor Discovery zero reachable time from crafted Router Advertisement causes assertion/DoS · Advisory · zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr · GitHub

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-8v32-9xf8-r765
github_commit

commit 251079ed5046 (zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr)

Fix landed in zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr commit 251079ed5046 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/251079ed50464aa0976eb0738a5afbe009cc9d60

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 03:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-18 02:18 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-17 00:47 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-14 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-14 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-14 18:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15893?
CVE-2026-15893 is a medium vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. netifipv6calcreachabletime() in subsys/net/ip/netif.c derives a randomized ND reachable time from ipv6->basereachabletime as minreachable + sysrand32get() % (maxreachable - minreachable), where minreachable = base/2 and maxreachable = 3*base/2 using integer division. When basereachabletime is 1,…
When was CVE-2026-15893 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15893 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15893 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15893 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 89.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15893?
CVE-2026-15893 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15893?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15893, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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