# CVE-2026-16013: liftoff-sr CIPster cipepath.cc deserialize\_symbolic out-of-bounds

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- liftoff-sr CIPster: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability has been found in liftoff-sr CIPster up to 632336d414ef708a542377c1aa8d6fdb7c70a760. Affected by this issue is the function CipAppPath::deserialize_symbolic of the file source/src/cip/cipepath.cc. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product operates on a rolling release basis, ensuring continuous delivery. Consequently, there are no version details for either affected or updated releases. The name of the patch is 886a4d090e1c5b0475f0b1c2fe0606a8f0d6a519. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on liftoff-sr CIPster, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/379755
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/379755/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16013
- https://vuldb.com/submit/856794
- https://github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/issues/53
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28926450/POC.zip
- https://github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/commit/886a4d090e1c5b0475f0b1c2fe0606a8f0d6a519
- https://github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/

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