High severity · published Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-59700
A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2606.0001)
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2606.0001). The affected applications contains an out of bounds read vulnerability while parsing specially crafted BMP files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SF
Simcenter Femap · Siemens
before V2606.0001 · source: vendor
In the news
VulnerabilityHigh
Siemens Simcenter Femap
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Summary
Simcenter Femap contains two file parsing vulnerabilities that could be triggered when the application reads files in BMP file format. If a user is tricked to open a malicious file with the affected application, this could lead the application to crash or potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. Siemens has released a new version for Simcenter Femap and recommends to update to the latest version.
The following versions of Siemens Simcenter Femap are affected:
Simcenter Femap vers:intdot/<2606.0001 (CVE-2026-59700, CVE-2026-59701)
CVSS
Vendor
Equipment
Vulnerabilities
v3 7.8
Siemens
Siemens Simcenter Femap
Out-of-bounds Read
Background
Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Critical Manufacturing
Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
Company Headquarters Location: Germany
Vulnerabilities
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CVE-2026-59700
The affected applications contains an out of bounds read vulnerability while parsing specially crafted BMP files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.
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Affected Products
Siemens Simcenter Femap
Vendor: Siemens
Product Version: Simcenter Femap < V2606.0001
Product Status: known_affected
Remediations
Vendor fix Update to V2606.0001 or later version https://support.sw.siemens.com/product/275652363/
Relevant CWE: CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Metrics ...
Aug 13, 2026·CISA Advisories
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59700
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59700
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-584312.html
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