CVE-2026-11826 PUBLISHED

OpenPLC_v3 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Modbus Master getData()

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 18.07.2026 Updated: 18.07.2026

OpenPLC_v3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the getData() function in webserver/core/modbus_master.cpp. getData() reads characters between two delimiters into a caller-supplied buffer with no size parameter and no bounds check. In parseConfig() the function is invoked with the 100-byte heap-allocated MB_device.dev_name field. An authenticated attacker with access to the OpenPLC web interface can send a crafted HTTP POST to the /modbus endpoint with an oversized device_name value; the value is persisted to mbconfig.cfg and parsed on load, overflowing dev_name and overwriting adjacent struct fields (protocol at offset 108, dev_address at offset 109, ip_port at offset 210). A 200-byte payload writes 100 bytes past the allocation. The result is heap corruption leading to runtime crash and denial of service of the PLC process control loop, with attacker-controlled overwrite of adjacent configuration fields. The upstream repository was archived on 2026-04-04 and no fix is expected; the vendor has confirmed the issue does not affect OpenPLC Runtime v4.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor openplcproject
Product OpenPLC_v3
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to b470206 (incl.)

Credits

  • Shuhratbek Uraimov finder
  • Shuhratbek Uraimov reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE