CVE-2023-50257

CRITICAL

eProsima Fast DDS < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via RTPS Disconnect Packet Spoofing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2023-50257. PoCs published by Jminis.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2023-50257, a DoS vulnerability in ROS2's Fast-DDS implementation. The exploit captures RTPS packets, parses GUID values, and sends crafted packets to trigger the vulnerability.

Description

eProsima Fast DDS (formerly Fast RTPS) is a C++ implementation of the Data Distribution Service standard of the Object Management Group. Even with the application of SROS2, due to the issue where the data (`p[UD]`) and `guid` values used to disconnect between nodes are not encrypted, a vulnerability has been discovered where a malicious attacker can forcibly disconnect a Subscriber and can deny a Subscriber attempting to connect. Afterwards, if the attacker sends the packet for disconnecting, which is data (`p[UD]`), to the Global Data Space (`239.255.0.1:7400`) using the said Publisher ID, all the Subscribers (Listeners) connected to the Publisher (Talker) will not receive any data and their connection will be disconnected. Moreover, if this disconnection packet is sent continuously, the Subscribers (Listeners) trying to connect will not be able to do so. Since the initial commit of the `SecurityManager.cpp` code (`init`, `on_process_handshake`) on Nov 8, 2016, the Disconnect Vulnerability in RTPS Packets Used by SROS2 has been present prior to versions 2.13.0, 2.12.2, 2.11.3, 2.10.3, and 2.6.7.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by Jminis · poc
https://github.com/Jminis/CVE-2023-50257

This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2023-50257, a DoS vulnerability in ROS2's Fast-DDS implementation. The exploit captures RTPS packets, parses GUID values, and sends crafted packets to trigger the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ROS2 (Fast-DDS 2.6.3, RMW-FastDDS 6.2.3)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to ROS2 nodes · Python with Scapy · Docker for environment setup
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 9.6
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 37.4%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (1)
eprosima/fast_dds < 2.6.7
Published Feb 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026