CVE-2026-7866
CriticalCVSS 10.0Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs
Summary
RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows overflow buffers. This issue affects Connext Professional versions from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.*, and from 4.3x before 5.1.*.
Risk Assessment
A stack-based buffer overflow can lead to application crashes or arbitrary code execution by an attacker. The risk is high in environments using vulnerable versions of RTI Connext Professional.
Recommendation
Update RTI Connext Professional to version 7.7.0.1 or later, and for older branches apply the latest available patches. Also verify whether systems use vulnerable versions and plan migration.
Other vulnerabilities in RTI Connext Professional
See all- CVE-2026-18461Critical
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Format String Injection. This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.5.0 before 7.7.0.1, from 7.3.0.10 before 7.3.1.6.
- CVE-2026-3894Critical
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows buffer overreads. It affects Connext Professional versions from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.3, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.*, and from 5.0.0 before 5.1.*.
- CVE-2025-14543Critical
An improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows serialized data external linking. It affects Connext Professional versions from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.1, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.*, and from 4.3x before 5.1.*.
- CVE-2026-4374Critical
An improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Recording Service, Routing Service, Queueing Service, Cloud Discovery Service, Observability Collector) allows serialized data external linking and data serialization external entities blowup. It affects Connext Professional versions from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.1, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.2.34, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, and from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*.
- CVE-2025-4993Critical
An untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows pointer manipulation. It affects Connext Professional versions from 7.4.0 before 7.6.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.0.10, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.2.27, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.1.43, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.*, and from 4.4a before 5.1.*.
- CVE-2025-1255Critical
An untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows pointer manipulation. It affects Connext Professional versions from 7.4.0 before 7.6.0 and from 7.2.0 before 7.3.0.9.
- CVE-2026-8849High
Use After Free vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Security Plugins) allows File Manipulation. This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.6.0 before 7.7.0.1.
- CVE-2026-18626Medium
RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) has an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability that allows overread buffers. This affects versions from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.*, from 5.0.0 before 5.1.*.
- CVE-2026-18462High
Integer Overflow or Wraparound and Improper Access Control vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Shared Resource Manipulation. This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*.
- CVE-2026-18460Medium
RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) has an Off-by-one Error and Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability that allows overflow buffers. This affects versions from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1 and from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6.
Original NVD description (English source)
Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Overflow Buffers. This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.*, from 4.3x before 5.1.*.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

