A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Erlang OTP up to 16.x/17.0.1/29.0.1 . The affected element is the function sctp_parse_error_chunk of the file erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c of the component SCTP Handler . The manipulation of the argument spec[] results in stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-49759 . It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.