Medium 5.9Published Oct 16, 2026

CVE-2026-102552Improper verification of the source of a communication channel in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP DNS resolver

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:23 UTC)

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Improper verification of the source of a communication channel in the DNS resolver in Amazon FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.4.2 might allow remote third-party to insert a chosen address into the device's DNS cache via a forged DNS reply. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version V4.4.2 and enable ipconfigDNS_CHECK_REPLY_SOURCE_IP.

CVSS: 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-940
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: AMZN
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 16, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

FreeRTOS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP freertos:plus_tcp (from the name)	through 4.4.1	CNA record

References

https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.4.2release-notes, patch
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-139-aws/vendor-advisory
https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-h4fw-pv82-p7h5third-party-advisory

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