SB2026061835 - Multiple vulnerabilities in libIEC61850
Published: June 18, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-48741)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in alternateArrayAccess() in the MMS read service when processing out-of-range sub-array read requests using alternate-access indexRange. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted MMS Read request to cause a denial of service.
Only MMS server implementations that use data models containing arrays are vulnerable.
2) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-48503)
CWE-ID: CWE-191 - Integer underflow
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow in the MMS file service when processing a fileOpen request with an out-of-range initialPosition followed by fileRead. A remote attacker can send crafted MMS file service requests to disclose sensitive information.
The disclosed data can include stale bytes from a previous fileRead response on the same connection, protocol fragments, and residual data left in the connection send buffer.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/security/advisories/GHSA-8mfr-hq64-9w33
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/27713821/client.zip
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/security/advisories/GHSA-4c8m-jr3r-h8j2
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/bba5bf2fab6d7ac88f5accb4c9e90b123436ebf2