What is CVE-2026-16013?

CVE-2026-16013 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liftoff-Sr Cipster, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-16013?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Liftoff-Sr Cipster

CVE-2026-16013

A vulnerability has been found in liftoff-sr CIPster up to 632336d414ef708a542377c1aa8d6fdb7c70a760. Affected by this issue is the function CipAppPath::deserialize_symbolic of the file source/src/cip/cipepath.cc. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product operates on a rolling release basis, ensuring continuous delivery. Consequently, there are no version details for either affected or updated releases. The name of the patch is 886a4d090e1c5b0475f0b1c2fe0606a8f0d6a519. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-07-17 · last modified 2026-07-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (54.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Liftoff-Sr Cipster — versions 632336d414ef708a542377c1aa8d6fdb7c70a760

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

vuldb.com/vuln/379755 (technical-description, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/vuln/379755/cti (signature, permissions-required)
vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16013 (third-party-advisory)
vuldb.com/submit/856794 (third-party-advisory)
github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/issues/53 (issue-tracking)
github.com/user-attachments/files/28926450/POC.zip (exploit)
github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/commit/886a4d090e1c5b0475f0b1c2fe0606a8f0d6a519 (patch)
github.com/liftoff-sr/CIPster/ (product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16013?: CVE-2026-16013 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liftoff-Sr Cipster, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-16013?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.