# CVE-2026-76988: liftoff-sr CIPster ForwardOpen cipconnectionmanager.cc forward\_open 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: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-08-20

## Affected

- liftoff-sr CIPster: version range not reported

## Description

A weakness has been identified in liftoff-sr CIPster 1802525be27d33e19a9a83c163e331a1d13b1892. This affects the function CipConnMgrClass::forward_open of the file cipconnectionmanager.cc of the component ForwardOpen Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument product_code_ can lead to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called ea870a274bf68dfaa3f511f20e2fff6778fb7b74. 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/393611
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/393611/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76988
- https://vuldb.com/submit/880102
- https://github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/issues/45
- https://github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/commit/ea870a274bf68dfaa3f511f20e2fff6778fb7b74
- https://github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/

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