An issue in open62541 v.1.5.5 and before allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted CreateSubscription, CreateMonitoredItems(Sampling), Publish, TransferSubscriptions, and DeleteSubscriptions requests
CVE-2026-67856
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-05. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; 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
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(high)
- EG Risk
- 38(Track)EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 35%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 4, 2026
Last Modified
August 5, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026heap-use-after-free in `TransferSubscriptions` / `DeleteSubscriptions` caused by stale `samplingMonitoredItems` back-pointers after shallow `UA_Subscription` copy · Issue #8092 · open62541/open62541 · GitHub
https://github.com/open62541/open62541/issues/8092open62541/src/server/ua_subscription.h at master · open62541/open62541 · GitHub
https://github.com/open62541/open62541/blob/master/src/server/ua_subscription.hopen62541/src/server/ua_subscription.c at master · open62541/open62541 · GitHub
https://github.com/open62541/open62541/blob/master/src/server/ua_subscription.copen62541/src/server/ua_services_subscription.c at master · open62541/open62541 · GitHub
https://github.com/open62541/open62541/blob/master/src/server/ua_services_subscription.copen62541/examples/access_control/server_access_control.c at master · open62541/open62541 · GitHub
https://github.com/open62541/open62541/blob/master/examples/access_control/server_access_control.cVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-67856(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| open62541 | 1.4.11.1-1, 1.4.18-1 | — | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| open62541 | 1.4.11.1-1, 1.4.18-1 | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 26× in last 7d / 65× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-21 04:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 04:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-20 02:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-20 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-19 14:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 01:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-19 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-17 23:35 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 10:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-16 22:12 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 22:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-16 09:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 09:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-15 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-15 08:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-15 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-14 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-14 06:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-14 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-13 18:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-13 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-12 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-12 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-12 03:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-11 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-11 02:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 02:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-10 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-10 01:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-10 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-09 12:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-08 23:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-08 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-08 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-07 22:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-07 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-07 09:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-06 20:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 20:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-06 08:12 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-05 19:30 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
- 2026-08-05 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-05 19:30 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-04 22:31 UTCNVD update
- 2026-08-04 21:43 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-04 21:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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