# CVE-2026-71979: INDI indiserver 2.2.4.2 Stack Buffer Overflow via XML Tag Parsing

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-17 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- indilib indi: through 2.2.4.2

## Description

INDI (Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface) indiserver through 2.2.4.2, fixed in commit 96bbd7f, contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the daemon by sending malformed XML with mismatched tags whose names exceed 1024 bytes. Attackers can send a single TCP packet on port 7624 with mismatched XML tags to trigger an unbounded sprintf() write into a fixed 1024-byte stack buffer in MsgQueue.cpp, terminating the daemon and disrupting all active client and driver sessions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on indilib indi, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/indilib/indi/issues/2472
- https://github.com/indilib/indi/commit/96bbd7f564bbb128a129019e44eadd40dd49cff9
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/indi-indiserver-stack-buffer-overflow-via-xml-tag-parsing

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