CVE-2026-97686 - VxWorks 7 Memory Resource leak

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MEDIUM

VxWorks 7 Memory Resource leak

Published Sep 28, 2026

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.10%

Description

Wind River VxWorks 7 prior to 26.09, specific system call arguments can result in the IPNET subsystem failing to properly release allocated kernel memory and system file descriptors before terminating the calling application. Fixed in Version 26.09.

Affected products

Vendor Wind River Product VxWorks 7 Default
unaffected
- Version
  VxWorks 7
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Wind River

VxWorks 7

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
VxWorks 7	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-772

References (1)

https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&order_by=cve_modified_date&order_way=asc#list

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&order_by=cve_modified_date&order_way=asc#list

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner WindRiver

Published Sep 28, 2026

Updated Sep 28, 2026

Reserved Sep 24, 2026

Link CVE-2026-97686

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Sep 28, 2026

NVD

Status Received

Modified Sep 28, 2026

Link CVE-2026-97686

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2026-97686