CVE-2026-76988 (GCVE-0-2026-76988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 12:45 – Updated: 2026-08-20 16:55 X_Open Source
VLAI
Title
liftoff-sr CIPster ForwardOpen cipconnectionmanager.cc forward_open out-of-bounds
Summary
A weakness has been identified in liftoff-sr CIPster 1802525be27d33e19a9a83c163e331a1d13b1892. This affects the function CipConnMgrClass::forward_open of the file cipconnectionmanager.cc of the component ForwardOpen Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument product_code_ can lead to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called ea870a274bf68dfaa3f511f20e2fff6778fb7b74. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-20 16:47 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
liftoff-sr CIPster Affected: 1802525be27d33e19a9a83c163e331a1d13b1892
    cpe:2.3:a:liftoff-sr:cipster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Carnegie (VulDB User)
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