Description
The massive sending of ARP requests causes a denial of service on one board of the charger that allows control of the EV interfaces. Since the board must be operating correctly for the charger to also function correctly.
Published: 2026-01-07
Score: 9.2 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service on EV charger control board
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Large volumes of ARP requests overwhelm the control board of the charger, causing a denial of service that prevents the charger from functioning and disables EV interface control. The flaw is a failure to limit flood traffic, classified as an input handling weakness. The resulting loss is a disruption of the charger's availability.

Affected Systems

EFACEC QC60, QC90, and QC120 charger models are affected. No specific firmware or hardware revision details were provided, so all variants of these models and their associated chemistry boards may be impacted.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 9.2 indicates a critical impact, but the EPSS score of less than 1% suggests an exceedingly low likelihood of exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability is not listed in the KEV catalog. The attack vector is inferred to be network-based, requiring an adversary to send large volumes of ARP traffic to the charger—likely from a position on the same local network or compromised device. Once an attacker can flood the board, the charger becomes inoperable, affecting availability for all connected vehicles.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 18, 2026 at 08:09 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the vendor‑supplied firmware update that includes ARP packet filtering or rate limiting.
  • Configure network devices (switches or firewalls) to detect and mitigate ARP flood traffic, for example by limiting ARP request rates or blocking excessive ARP traffic toward the charger.
  • Segregate the charger’s network segment from untrusted or guest networks and monitor for anomalous ARP activity to detect potential attack attempts.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 18, 2026 at 08:09 UTC.

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References
History

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Efacec
Efacec qc 120
Efacec qc 60
Efacec qc 90
Vendors & Products Efacec
Efacec qc 120
Efacec qc 60
Efacec qc 90

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The massive sending of ARP requests causes a denial of service on one board of the charger that allows control of the EV interfaces. Since the board must be operating correctly for the charger to also function correctly, the denial of service (DoS) results in a restart of the charger functionalities The massive sending of ARP requests causes a denial of service on one board of the charger that allows control of the EV interfaces. Since the board must be operating correctly for the charger to also function correctly.
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The massive sending of ARP requests causes a denial of service on one board of the charger that allows control of the EV interfaces. Since the board must be operating correctly for the charger to also function correctly, the denial of service (DoS) results in a restart of the charger functionalities
Title DENIAL OF SERVICE VIA ARP PACKETS
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: S21sec

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-07T15:02:48.203Z

Reserved: 2026-01-07T14:01:04.829Z

Link: CVE-2026-22540

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-07T14:32:08.780Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-01-07T15:15:46.703

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2026-22540

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-18T08:15:15Z

Weaknesses