CVE-2026-56790

CANBoat - Off-by-One Global Buffer Overflow in searchForPgn()

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 06:14 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCANboat

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

CANBoat through 6.22, fixed in commit a5a22b7, contains an off-by-one global buffer overflow in the searchForPgn() function in analyzer/pgn.c that allows remote attackers to crash the application. Attackers can deliver a crafted NMEA-2000 message with an out-of-range PGN value over CAN bus or N2K-over-IP to trigger an out-of-bounds array access and denial of service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 6.22
Vendor states this is fixed in a5a22b74b9ac5688019cba62669df08562cebd6f (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.3HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-193

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