High severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-41502
BACnet Stack: Off-by-One Out-of-Bounds Read in ReadPropertyMultiple Object ID Decoder
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.4.3, an off-by-one out-of-bounds read vulnerability in bacnet-stack's ReadPropertyMultiple service decoder allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read one byte past an allocated buffer boundary by sending a crafted RPM request with a truncated object identifier. The vulnerability is in rpm_decode_object_id(), which checks apdu_len < 5 but then accesses all 6 byte positions (indices 0-5) — consuming 1 byte for the context tag, 4 bytes for the object ID, then reading apdu[5] for the opening tag check. A 5-byte input passes the length check but causes a 1-byte OOB read, leading to crashes on embedded BACnet devices. The vulnerability exists in src/bacnet/rpm.c and affects any deployment that enables the ReadPropertyMultiple confirmed service handler (enabled by default in the reference server). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
bacnet-stack · bacnet-stack
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.3 · source: vendor
BS
Bacnet Stack · Bacnetstack
1.4.0 before 1.4.3; 1.5.0; 1.5.0; 1.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41502
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41502
Exploit
https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/security/advisories/GHSA-7545-3fpx-4xw3
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