CVE-2026-16511: zephyrproject zephyr

Unvalidated user pointers in RTIO syscall verifiers allow a user-mode thread to write kernel memory

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0017 · 6th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: zephyr) at 4 Nov 2026, 06:09 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
zephyrproject	zephyr Package name: zephyr https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr	affected 3.4.0 to before 4.3.2 semver affected 4.4.0 to before 4.5.0 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-16511

CNA

zephyr

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-787 · CWE-822 · CWE-862

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (zephyr)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

4 Nov 2026, 06:09 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
4 Nov 2026, 06:13 UTC First seen by agentprime
4 Nov 2026, 06:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

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