CVE-2026-81574 PUBLISHED

Format String Vulnerability in Logger

Assigner: wibu
Reserved: 27.08.2026 Published: 27.08.2026 Updated: 27.08.2026

In CodeMeter Runtime before versions 8.41a and 9.10, the logger does not sanitize input strings in certain cases, allowing an attacker to inject printf-style format specifiers. This can be used to reliably crash CodeMeter and disclose sensitive information such as process memory and stack canaries. The attack works locally, for example by using cmu --set-proxy to set the proxy value, and remotely when combined with CVE-2026-81573 by setting General.ProxyServer and then triggering this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.2

Product Status

Vendor wibu-systems-ag
Product codemeter-runtime
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 9.00 to 9.10 (excl.)
  • affected from 8.00 to 8.41a (excl.)
  • Version 7.00 is affected
  • Version 6.00 is unaffected

Credits

  • Andrew Teylu of Vector Informatik GmbH reporter

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled format string CWE