CVE-2026-16234: Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in NI LabVIEW when loading VI

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-16234 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in ni labview. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-08-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 26-08-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a memory corruption vulnerability recently discovered in NI LabVIEW that may result in information disclosure or arbitrary code execution.  Successful exploitation requires an attacker to get a user to open a specially crafted VI.  This vulnerability affects NI LabVIEW 2026 Q3 (26.3.0) and prior versions.

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadThe product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.