Softing smartLink HW-PN up to 1.9 memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Softing smartLink HW-PN up to 1.9. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-13148. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Softing smartLink HW-PN up to 1.9 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Missing release of memory after effective lifetime vulnerability in Softing smartLink allows resource leak exposure. This issue affects smartLink HW-PN: from 1.04 before 1.10.

It is possible to read the advisory at industrial.softing.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-13148 since 06/24/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-70986). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: smartLink HW-PN 1.10

Timelineinfo

06/24/2026 CVE reserved
09/04/2026 +72 days Advisory disclosed
09/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: industrial.softing.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-13148 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-13148
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-398731
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/04/2026 12:06
Updated: 09/04/2026 13:30
Changes: 09/04/2026 12:06 (69), 09/04/2026 13:30 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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