new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 120d13b8aca52ec306e50eae9a74fb1bfe49540a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: dmiller <dmiller@e0a8ed71-7df4-0310-8962-fdc924857419>
+Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:31:31 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Stop parsing on a zero-length packet option
+
+Fixes #3368. Closes #3373.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 7ef4ee030a0023fe22616387a000032e1a678b6a)
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-72712
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/7ef4ee030a0023fe22616387a000032e1a678b6a]
+
+Dropped changes to the CHANGELOG file.
+
+Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
+---
+ nselib/packet.lua | 8 +++++---
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/nselib/packet.lua b/nselib/packet.lua
+index ec6db40a2..e17972d88 100644
+--- a/nselib/packet.lua
++++ b/nselib/packet.lua
+@@ -686,10 +686,7 @@ function Packet:parse_options(offset, length)
+ local opt_ptr = 0
+ while opt_ptr < length do
+ local t, l, d
+- options[op] = {}
+-
+ t = self:u8(offset + opt_ptr)
+- options[op].type = t
+ if t==0 or t==1 then
+ l = 1
+ d = nil
+@@ -699,6 +696,11 @@ function Packet:parse_options(offset, length)
+ d = self:raw(offset + opt_ptr + 2, l-2)
+ end
+ end
++ if l==0 then
++ break
++ end
++ options[op] = {}
++ options[op].type = t
+ options[op].len = l
+ options[op].data = d
+ opt_ptr = opt_ptr + l
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://nmap.org/dist/${BP}.tar.bz2 \
file://0001-fix-racing-between-build-ncat-and-build-lua.patch \
file://0004-libdnet-fix-PF_PACKET-conftest-nested-function.patch \
file://CVE-2026-58058.patch \
+ file://CVE-2026-72712.patch \
"
SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "df512492ffd108e53a27a06f26d8635bbe89e0e569455dc8ffef058c035d51b2"