CVE-2026-27816 EVerest's ISO15118 update_energy_transfer_modes overflow can corrupt EVSE state
Attackers can corrupt EVSE state or crash the process via oversized MQTT payloads due to missing bounds checking in EVerest's ISO15118 implementation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-27816?
CVE-2026-27816 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in everest-core, published on 26 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
EVerest is an EV charging software stack. Prior to versions to 2026.02.0, ISO15118_chargerImpl::handle_update_energy_transfer_modes copies a variable-length list into a fixed-size array of length 6 without bounds checking. With schema validation disabled by default, oversized MQTT Cmd payloads can trigger out-of-bounds writes and corrupt adjacent EVSE state or crash the process. Version 2026.02.0 contains a patch.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-27816?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linuxfoundation Everest.
How do I fix CVE-2026-27816?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-27816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-27816 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-27816 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-68137 EVerest's Integer Overflow and Signed to Unsigned conversion lead to either stack buffer overflow or infinite loop
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-gq54-j8f4-xj8c.