CVE-2026-29972HIGH 8.2EPSS p45.8%
CVE-2026-29972CVE-2026-29972
Description
nanoMODBUS through v1.22.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in recv_read_registers_res() in nanomodbus.c. When a client calls nmbs_read_holding_registers() or nmbs_read_input_registers(), the library writes register data from the server response to the caller-provided buffer based on the response's byte_count field before validating that byte_count matches the requested quantity. A malicious Modbus TCP server can send a response with byte_count=250 (125 registers) regardless of the requested quantity, causing up to 248 bytes of attacker-controlled data to overflow the buffer, potentially allowing remote code execution.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.2 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.64% probability of exploitation · percentile 45.8% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2026-05-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-05-13 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Stack-based Buffer Overflowcwe-121 | 0% | live |
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