CVE-2026-40279 LOW

CVE-2026-40279: BACnet Stack: Undefined-behavior signed left shift in `decode_signed32()`

Vendor Bacnet-Stack
Product bacnet-stack
Weakness CWE-758
Published April 21, 2026
Last update April 21, 2026

CVSS base score

3.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.4.3, decode_signed32() in src/bacnet/bacint.c reconstructs a 32-bit signed integer from four APDU bytes using signed left shifts. When any of the four bytes has bit 7 set (value ≥ 0x80), the left-shift operation overflows a signed int32_t, which is undefined behavior per the C standard. This is flagged thousands of times per minute by UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer on any BACnet input containing signed-integer property values with high-bit-set bytes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.3.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 21, 2026 CVE published
April 21, 2026 Record updated