Code execution via stale subscription backpointers
Published Jul 30, 2026 · Updated Jul 30, 2026
Heap use-after-free in open62541's TransferSubscriptions service allows remote authenticated users to execute code or crash the server. Operation_TransferSubscription copies a subscription without migrating its samplingMonitoredItems list, leaving backpointers into the freed original structure. An authenticated OPC UA session must transfer a subscription containing publish-sampled monitored items; later sampling removal writes through a stale pointer and corrupts heap memory.
Summary
What happened
Heap use-after-free in open62541's TransferSubscriptions service allows remote authenticated users to execute code or crash the server. Operation_TransferSubscription copies a subscription without migrating its samplingMonitoredItems list, leaving backpointers into the freed original structure. An authenticated OPC UA session must transfer a subscription containing publish-sampled monitored items; later sampling removal writes through a stale pointer and corrupts heap memory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-63035
- Published
- Jul 30, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 30, 2026
- Vendor
- o6 Automation GmbH
- Product
- open62541
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 30, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 30, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.3.0 <=1.3.17
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