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CVE-2026-10685HIGH
zephyrproject zephyr — Use-after-free of GATT subscribe params in Bluetooth host CCC-write response handler
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   A   L   N   N  U  L  L  H    7.6   .0019    9.1     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  zephyr   2.4.0 –   —
TIMELINE
  Jun 2   Reserved by zephyr
  Jul 31  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-10685 (zephyrproject zephyr). Public exploit reference added.
  Jul 31  Published (CNA: zephyr)
CWE-416 · CNA: zephyr · CVSS v3.1 · 2 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

The Zephyr Bluetooth GATT client CCC-write response handler gatt_write_ccc_rsp() in subsys/bluetooth/host/gatt.c invoked the application's params->subscribe() callback after it had already called params->notify(conn, params, NULL, 0). Per the public GATT API, a notify callback with NULL data is the documented signal that the subscription has terminated and the bt_gatt_subscribe_params struct may be freed or reused by the application; calling subscribe() on the struct afterwards is a use-after-free, including an indirect call through the freed params->subscribe function pointer. The error branch is remotely (adjacent) reachable: a Zephyr device acting as a GATT client that calls bt_gatt_subscribe() can be driven into this ordering when a connected GATT server peer answers the CCC write with an ATT Error Response (the peer-supplied error code flows through att_error_rsp -> att_handle_rsp into gatt_write_ccc_rsp). For applications that free or recycle subscription parameters in their notification-termination handler, this results in memory corruption, a crash (denial of service), or potentially attacker-influenced control flow. The fix reorders the handler so the subscribe() callback runs before the terminating notify(NULL) in both the error and unsubscribe paths.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
June 2, 2026ReservedReserved by zephyr
July 31, 2026EXPLOIT PUBLISHEDEXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-10685 (zephyrproject zephyr). Public exploit reference added.
July 31, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: zephyr)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
zephyrprojectzephyr2.4.0

Weaknesses

CWE-416

References (2)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-10685 at cve.org

Vendors: zephyrproject

Weaknesses: CWE-416

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