What is CVE-2026-21878?

CVE-2026-21878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bacnet-stack, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-21878?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Bacnet-stack

CVE-2026-21878

BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.5.0.rc3, a vulnerability has been discovered in BACnet Stack's file writing functionality where there is no validation of user-provided file pat…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (28.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Bacnet-stack — versions < 1.5.0.rc3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/security/advisories/GHSA-p8rx-c26w-545j (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/commit/c5dc00a77b4bc2550befa67a930b333e299c18f3 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-21878?: CVE-2026-21878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bacnet-stack, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-21878?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.