Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-49676 json

CODESYS: Use after free vulnerability through corrupted project files

published 2024-05-06 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-53610

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An unauthenticated local attacker may trick a user to open corrupted project files to crash the system due to use after free vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • CODESYS CODESYS Development System V2.3 2.3.9.73

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-076-01 updated cvss 5.5

CODESYS in Festo Automation Suite

  • CODESYS Development System 3.0 Festo Automation Suite 2.8.0.137, Festo Automation Suite < 2.8.0.138 CODESYS Development System 3.5.16.10 Festo Automation Suite 2.8.0.137, Festo Automation Suite < 2.8.0.138
    affected: mitigation
  • Festo Automation Suite 2.8.0.138 CODESYS Development System 3.5.21.20
    fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • CODESYS CODESYS Development System V2.3

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.