CVE-2026-101290 CVE-2026-101290
Remote attackers can crash SICK safety scanner drivers via crafted packets, causing denial of service in industrial environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-101290?
CVE-2026-101290 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sick_Safetyscanners_Base CPP Driver, published on 15 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A remote attacker may send a specially crafted network packet that causes the affected application to perform an out-of-bounds memory read due to insufficient validation of packet length. This may result in an application crash and a denial-of-service condition.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-101290?
How do I fix CVE-2026-101290?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-101290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-101290 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-101290 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7m48-9f6m-vqh7.