High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-21878
CVE-2026-21878
Description
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.
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4cpe:2.3:a:bacnetstack:bacnet_stack:1.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bacnetstack:bacnet_stack:1.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:bacnetstack:bacnet_stack:1.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.5.0.rc3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.5.0.rc3
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