High 7.6Published Jul 1, 2026

CVE-2026-6688FatFs R0.16 and earlier contains a downstream-caller vulnerability pattern associated with FatFs long filename handling.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:10 UTC)

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FatFs R0.16 and earlier contains a downstream-caller vulnerability pattern associated with FatFs long filename handling. With LFN enabled, fno.fname can be up to 255 characters; many callers copy it into short fixed buffers without bounds checks, causing overflow. This maps to CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input). Estimated CVSS v3.1 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H (7.6, High). The estimated CISA SSVC vectors are Exploitation: PoC, Technical Impact: Total.

CVSS: 7.6 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 2, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

elm-chan fatfs elm-chan:fatfs	through r0.16	NVD

References

https://elm-chan.org/fsw/ff/product
https://github.com/runZeroInc/vulns-2026-fatfs-chancethird-party-advisory, exploit
https://www.runzero.com/advisories/fatfs-long-fn-of-downstream-cve-2026-6688/third-party-advisory
https://www.runzero.com/blog/fatfs-bugs/third-party-advisory, exploit

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