CVE-2026-23716 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Siemens Simcenter Femap and Nastran (all versions prior to V2512) when parsing specially crafted XDB files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.3 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through arbitrary code execution. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, though it has received some media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2512.0000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simcenter_femap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2512.0000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simcenter_nastran:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.