CVE-2026-68908CWE-590CWE-664CWE-763

CVE-2026-68908

Medium · published October 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libIEC61850 is an open-source implementation of IEC 61850 client and server protocols including MMS, GOOSE, Sampled Values, and R-Session. Prior to 1.6.2, Reporting_RCBWriteAccessHandler accepts an RptID longer than 129 bytes in the report-control-block write path. When GI later causes sendNextReportEntrySegment to serialize the report, the function wraps rptIdBuf[130] as a temporary MmsValue and passes it to MmsValue_setVisibleString. The setter's resize path frees the stack-backed buffer, allowing a remote client to trigger an invalid free and server crash by writing the oversized RptID and then generating a report. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00451 · 38.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-590 · Free of Memory not on the Heap; CWE-664 · Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime; CWE-763 · Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
Published
2026-10-16T20:20Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 OCT 03:31Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 16 OCT 15:47Z
    libIEC61850: Oversized RptID can trigger invalid free of a stack-backed visible string in the report send path
    cvelistv5
  • 16 OCT 15:47Z
    libIEC61850: Oversized RptID can trigger invalid free of a stack-backed visible string in the report send path
    cvelistv5