Stack-based buffer overflow in apcupsd
Priority LOW 37CWE-121Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
apcupsd through 3.14.14 has an sscanf stack-based buffer overflow in getupsvar() in src/cgi/upsfetch.c (used by upsstats.cgi, multimon.cgi, and upsfstats.cgi), a related issue to CVE-2026-15544.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0038 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103432
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mx74-w6g6-vppg
References
More apcupsd vulnerabilities
- TI-2003-00093 Unknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2019-09397 Apcupsd 0.3.91_5, as used in pfSense through 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 and other products, has an… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-05495 In Adam Kropelin adk0212 APC UPS Daemon through 3.14.14, the default installation of… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2019-09396 Apcupsd 0.3.91_5, as used in pfSense through 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 and other products, has an… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-65688 apcupsd through 3.14.14 discloses uninitialized stack memory in getupsvar() in… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-103432 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103432 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mx74-w6g6-vppg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-103432 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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