The CODESYS Gateway Client allocates memory based on a size field in a gateway response without enforcing an appropriate upper limit. An unauthenticated remote attacker controlling a malicious gateway can exploit this behavior to trigger excessive memory consumption, resulting in a denial-of-service condition thus leading to a total loss of availablity.
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Description The CODESYS Gateway Client allocates memory based on a size field in a gateway response without enforcing an appropriate upper limit. An unauthenticated remote attacker controlling a malicious gateway can exploit this behavior to trigger excessive memory consumption, resulting in a denial-of-service condition thus leading to a total loss of availablity.
Title Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in CODESYS Gateway Client
First Time appeared Codesys
Codesys codesys Development System 3
Codesys codesys Edge Gateway For Linux
Codesys codesys Edge Gateway For Windows
Codesys codesys Gateway
Codesys codesys Hmi Sl
Codesys codesys Opc Da Server Sl
Codesys codesys Plchandler
Codesys codesys Runtime Toolkit
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:codesys:codesys_development_system_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:codesys:codesys_edge_gateway_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:codesys:codesys_edge_gateway_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:codesys:codesys_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:codesys:codesys_hmi_sl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:codesys:codesys_opc_da_server_sl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:codesys:codesys_plchandler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:codesys:codesys_runtime_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Codesys
Codesys codesys Development System 3
Codesys codesys Edge Gateway For Linux
Codesys codesys Edge Gateway For Windows
Codesys codesys Gateway
Codesys codesys Hmi Sl
Codesys codesys Opc Da Server Sl
Codesys codesys Plchandler
Codesys codesys Runtime Toolkit
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERTVDE

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T11:07:45.751Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T06:57:08.465Z

Link: CVE-2026-76992

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-30T11:16:47.283

Modified: 2026-09-30T11:16:47.283

Link: CVE-2026-76992

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T14:00:07Z

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