CVE-2026-68907

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, checkDataSetAccess reverses the source and destination arguments to StringUtils_copyStringToBuffer while constructing an MMS_ASSOCIATION_SPECIFIC dataset reference. The helper treats uninitialized dataSetRef[130] storage as a source string, causing strlen to read beyond the stack buffer, and then copies those bytes into the caller-owned listName buffer. A remote defineNamedVariableList request can crash servers that have dynamic dataset service enabled and a dataset access handler installed; the advisory also observes caller stack corruption but establishes denial of service as the primary impact. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.2.

CVSS 4.0

8.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-125, CWE-457, CWE-628

Published

2026-10-16

Modified

2026-10-16

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/062062daf4cb50c7aa76e01d6fb4d58fc9278a7d
• https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/releases/tag/v1.6.2
• https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/security/advisories/GHSA-7v2x-39mw-2979

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