CVE-2026-82961: zephyrproject zephyr

Unvalidated pin index in GPIO syscall handlers allows out-of-bounds kernel writes from user mode

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0013 · 2nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: zephyr) at 28 Oct 2026, 16:58 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 2.2.0 to before 4.5.0 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-82961

CNA

zephyr

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-787

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0013, the 2nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

28 Oct 2026, 16:58 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
28 Oct 2026, 17:18 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

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