Client crash via unchecked NodeClass response type
Published Aug 4, 2026 · Updated Aug 4, 2026
Heap buffer overflow in open62541 1.5.5 allows remote attackers controlling an OPC UA server to crash a connected client process. The __Client_readAttribute function copies sizeof(UA_NodeClass) bytes from a NodeClass response without verifying that the decoded Variant is scalar and has the NodeClass type. Exploitation requires the client to connect to a malicious or compromised server and call the high-level NodeClass attribute reader; the demonstrated consequence is a client-process crash.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in open62541 1.5.5 allows remote attackers controlling an OPC UA server to crash a connected client process. The __Client_readAttribute function copies sizeof(UA_NodeClass) bytes from a NodeClass response without verifying that the decoded Variant is scalar and has the NodeClass type. Exploitation requires the client to connect to a malicious or compromised server and call the high-level NodeClass attribute reader; the demonstrated consequence is a client-process crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-67862
- Published
- Aug 4, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-400, T1499
- 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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- NodeClass Boolean-response crash reproducerproof of concept · demonstrated
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