CVE-2026-102759: NetX Secure TLS MAC verification bypass in application-data records

CVE-2026-102759 · Severity: info · Published 2026-09-29

NetX Secure TLS, used to provide encrypted communication for networked devices, fails to verify the message authentication code (MAC) on empty application-data records. An attacker could craft malicious TLS messages that bypass MAC verification, potentially allowing message tampering or injection attacks on encrypted connections.

Vendors: Eclipse ThreadX.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-102759 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-102759 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-102759?
Informational severity, published 29 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Eclipse ThreadX NetX Secure TLS.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-102759?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-102759 attacked?
It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-102759?
Check whether you run Eclipse ThreadX NetX Secure TLS. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The `_nx_secure_verify_mac` function in NetX Secure TLS treats a decrypted application record whose length equals the negotiated MAC size as valid without actually generating or comparing the received MAC. This allows empty application-data records to bypass MAC verification by advancing the receive sequence number. While empty records are legal per TLS 1.0 (used as BEAST mitigation), the lack of MAC verification is a cryptographic validation flaw.

Affected products

  • Eclipse ThreadX NetX Secure TLS

Timeline

  • 2026-09-29: disclosed

References

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