CVE-2026-23720 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Siemens Simcenter Femap and Nastran versions prior to V2512. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted NDB file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution within the user's process. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction, but could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and 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.