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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0259

NIXPKGS-2026-0259
published on 15 Feb 2026
Permalink CVE-2026-21878
updated 3 weeks ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created automatic suggestion 3 weeks, 2 days ago
  • @LeSuisse accepted 3 weeks ago
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub 3 weeks ago
BACnet Stack Improperly Limits Pathnames to a Restricted Directory

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 paths, allowing attackers to write files to arbitrary directories. This affects apps/readfile/main.c and ports/posix/bacfile-posix.c. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0.rc3.

References

Affected products

bacnet-stack
  • ==< 1.5.0.rc3

Matching in nixpkgs

Package maintainers

Unclear from the advisory if it only impacts version >= 1.5.0.rc1 or not.

Upstream advisory: https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/security/advisories/GHSA-p8rx-c26w-545j
Upstream patch: https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/commit/c5dc00a77b4bc2550befa67a930b333e299c18f3