CVE-2026-2705A vulnerability was detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1.
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A vulnerability was detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The impacted element is the function OBAtom::SetFormalCharge in the library include/openbabel/atom.h of the component MOL2 File Handler. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119, CWE-125
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
openbabel open_babel openbabel:open_babel | through 3.1.1 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/VedantMadane/openbabel/commit/e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a
- https://github.com/oneafter/0128/blob/main/ob2/repro.mol2exploit
- https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2848exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/pull/2862
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346651permissions-required, vdb-entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.346651third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.754379third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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