Security Vulnerability in National Instruments Driver for ADCs

Date: 12 Nov 2026
Affected Products: NI ADCs used with DaVis 10, DaVis 11, StrainMaster DIC 1.*
Description: National Instruments has identified a vulnerability in the NI-PAL driver and has published it under CVE-2026-18485. For details, see here.
Recommended Action: We recommend that customers using a National Instruments ADC with DaVis update the driver using the link provided above. An updated DaVis installer is expected to be available in the next few days.

Security Vulnerability in DaVis Distributed Processing

Date: 08 Nov 2024
Affected Products: DaVis 10, (all versions prior to 10.2.1.90519), DaVis 11 (all versions prior to 11.2.2.70)
Description: We have identified a potential issue in the Distributed Processing functionality that may lead to data loss. Users are strongly advised not to operate workers running versions earlier than DaVis 11.2.2.70 or DaVis 10.2.1.90519.
Recommended Action: Update DaVis and all DaVis Worker installations to the latest version if you are using any of the affected older versions.