CANBoat through 6.22, fixed in commit a5a22b7, contains an off-by-one global buffer overflow in the searchForPgn() function in analyzer/pgn.c that allows remote attackers to crash the application. Attackers can deliver a crafted NMEA-2000 message with an out-of-range PGN value over CAN bus or N2K-over-IP to trigger an out-of-bounds array access and denial of service.
CVE-2026-56790
Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.3
- EG Score
- 7.3(high)
- EPSS
- 11.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 25, 2026
Last Modified
June 26, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026CANBoat - Off-by-One Global Buffer Overflow in searchForPgn() | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/canboat-off-by-one-global-buffer-overflow-in-searchforpgnfix: prevent out-of-bounds read for out-of-range PGNs
Fix merged in canboat/canboat PR #649 on 2026-06-24 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/canboat/canboat/pull/649Global-Buffer-Overflow in CANBoat `searchForPgn` via Out-of-Range NMEA-2000 PGN (Binary-Search Off-By-One) · Issue #644 · canboat/canboat · GitHub
https://github.com/canboat/canboat/issues/644commit a5a22b74b9ac (canboat/canboat)
Fix landed in canboat/canboat commit a5a22b74b9ac — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/canboat/canboat/commit/a5a22b74b9ac5688019cba62669df08562cebd6fVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56790(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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