---
id: "CVE-2026-114597"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-114597"]
title: "EPICS Base: network message validation flaw reads past buffer bounds"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.7
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["epics", "industrial-control", "infrastructure", "scada", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["isolated-network"]
published_at: "2026-10-27T17:16:58+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-27T17:32:45+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-27T17:34:25+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114597", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-27T17:32:45+00:00"}]
---

# EPICS Base: network message validation flaw reads past buffer bounds

EPICS Base release 7.0.10 and earlier does not properly validate element or length values in a network message, so the application can read beyond an allocated buffer. An attacker can crash the process (denial of service) and may read adjacent memory contents.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed EPICS Base version (for example with `caget` or the build's release file) and see whether it is `7.0.10` or earlier
- unknown

## Fix

- Move EPICS Base to a release newer than `7.0.10`
- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-27T17:32:45+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114597

## From the sources

In EPICS Base release 7.0.10 and prior, an insufficient validation of element or length values in a network message can cause the application to read beyond the bounds of an allocated buffer. This may lead to denial of service and could expose adjacent memory contents.

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