Unauthenticated remote crash via unbounded mDNS encoding
Published Aug 4, 2026 · Updated Aug 4, 2026
Stack buffer overflow in open62541 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to crash an LDS through crafted RegisterServer requests. The vendored mdnsd probing path encodes every derived question and answer into one stack-allocated packet without enforcing frame or buffer bounds. The path exists only when the LDS uses multicast discovery through the MDNSD backend; unauthenticated OPC UA requests then terminate the server.
Summary
What happened
Stack buffer overflow in open62541 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to crash an LDS through crafted RegisterServer requests. The vendored mdnsd probing path encodes every derived question and answer into one stack-allocated packet without enforcing frame or buffer bounds. The path exists only when the LDS uses multicast discovery through the MDNSD backend; unauthenticated OPC UA requests then terminate the server.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-67858
- Published
- Aug 4, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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