CVE-2026-68908 PUBLISHED

libIEC61850: Oversized RptID can trigger invalid free of a stack-backed visible string in the report send path

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 31.07.2026 Published: 16.10.2026 Updated: 16.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor mz-automation
Product libiec61850
Versions
  • Version < 1.6.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-590: Free of Memory not on the Heap CWE
  • CWE-664: Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime CWE
  • CWE-763: Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference CWE