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TI-2026-75357 Aliases CVE-2026-68908

Invalid free of a stack buffer in libIEC61850 report sending

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-590Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

libIEC61850 before 1.6.2 is affected. The Reporting_RCBWriteAccessHandler accepts an RptID longer than 129 bytes in the report control block write path. When a GI request makes sendNextReportEntrySegment serialize the report, the stack-backed rptIdBuf[130] is passed to MmsValue_setVisibleString, whose resize path frees it as if it were heap memory (CWE-763). A remote client can crash the server by writing an oversized RptID and then generating a report.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00451 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed libiec61850 (mz-automation): 1.6.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MZ Automationlibiec61850before 1.6.21.6.2Patch availableCNA
  • libiec61850 VendorMZ Automation Affected before 1.6.2 Fixed in 1.6.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mz-automation:libiec61850:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——MZ Automation
  • cpe:2.3:a:mz-automation:libiec61850:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·MZ Automation

Remediation

Upgrade libIEC61850 to version 1.6.2, which fixes this issue.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

  • Fix · CNA libiec61850 (mz-automation) Fixed in 1.6.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68908
  2. 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

Other 3

  • TI-2026-75355 Infinite loop and out-of-bounds read in libIEC61850 ACSE parsing CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-75345 Remote NULL dereference in libIEC61850 MMS Read crashes servers CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-75344 Remote information disclosure in libIEC61850 MMS file service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18824 In mz-automation libiec61850 v1.4.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference was detected in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-05561 Infinite loop in MZ Automation libiec61850 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-45011 MZ Automation lib60870 Out-of-bounds Read CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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