CVE-2026-71256 PUBLISHED

nanoMODBUS Client-Side Out-of-Bounds Read Leading to Wild-Pointer Write via object_id

Assigner: TuranSec
Reserved: 05.08.2026 Published: 05.08.2026 Updated: 05.08.2026

nanoMODBUS through v1.23.0 contains an out-of-bounds stack read leading to a wild-pointer write in nmbs_read_device_identification_basic() / recv_read_device_identification_res() in nanomodbus.c. A fixed 3-element stack array order[3] = {0,1,2} maps object IDs to buffer indices. The server-supplied object_id field (0-255, read directly from the wire) is used without any bounds check as buf_index = order[object_id]. When a malicious Modbus server sends a Read Device Identification response with object_id >= 3, this reads an out-of-bounds/garbage byte from the stack adjacent to order[], which is then used as an index into a 3-element buffers[] array of char* pointers. The resulting wild pointer is passed to strncpy() as the destination, causing an arbitrary-address write with server-controlled data.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor debevv
Product nanoMODBUS
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.23.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Shukhratbek Uraiimov finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125 CWE