CVE-2026-21878 (GCVE-0-2026-21878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-13 18:10 – Updated: 2026-02-13 18:53
VLAI
Title
BACnet Stack Improperly Limits Pathnames to a Restricted Directory
Summary
BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.5.0.rc3, a vulnerability has been discovered in BACnet Stack's file writing functionality where there is no validation of user-provided file paths, allowing attackers to write files to arbitrary directories. This affects apps/readfile/main.c and ports/posix/bacfile-posix.c. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0.rc3.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bacnet-stack bacnet-stack Affected: < 1.5.0.rc3
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