CVE-2024-33862 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-770 vulnerability in OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core. A fix is available for OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core — see the affected versions and patch details below.
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core buffer-management vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-33862.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.CoreReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A buffer-management vulnerability in OPC Foundation OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core before 1.05.374.54 could allow remote attackers to exhaust memory resources. It is triggered when the system receives an excessive number of messages from a remote source. This could potentially lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition, disrupting the normal operation of the system.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core | all versions | 1.5.374.54dotnet add package OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core --version 1.5.374.54 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core to 1.5.374.54 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-33862 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
Frequently Asked Questions
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