CVE-2026-68908

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.

CVSS 3.1

5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-590, CWE-664, CWE-763

Published

2026-10-16

Modified

2026-10-16

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/5b2a69f44256b8548927d8afdd7ac5f5381abe1e
• https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/releases/tag/v1.6.2
• https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/security/advisories/GHSA-7qg8-hm25-rv5v
• https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/security/advisories/GHSA-7qg8-hm25-rv5v

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