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NI-FGEN 2026 Q3 Bug Fixes

Created Jul 27, 2026

Overview

The following items are notable issues fixed between the release of NI-FGEN 2026 Q2 and NI-FGEN 2026 Q3, including additional patches and service packs. If you have an issue ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of NI-FGEN.

Bug Number

Legacy ID

Description

Details
3878067, 3910430

On PXIe-5433, the marker event pulse width attributes may not take effect if they are set after getting some other attribute(s) in a session

On PXIe-5433, calling niFgen Get Attribute on some attribute(s) before setting the Marker Event Pulse Width Value and/or Marker Event Pulse Width Units in an NI-FGEN session may prevent the marker event pulse width attributes from taking effect.

Workaround:

Set the marker event pulse width attributes before getting other attribute(s) in an NI-FGEN session.

Reported Version:

NI-FGEN: 2026 Q2

Resolved Version:

NI-FGEN: 2026 Q3

Added:

N/A

Vulnerability CVE-2026-8035

CVE-2026-8035 may allow a local authenticated user to cause a denial of service by triggering a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference.

Workaround:

Update to NI-FGEN 2026 Q3
Download page: https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-fgen.html

Reported Version:

NI-FGEN: 16.0 | NI-FGEN: 17.0 | NI-FGEN: 17.1 | NI-FGEN: 18.1 | NI-FGEN: 18.5 | NI-FGEN: 19.0 | NI-FGEN: 19.1 | NI-FGEN: 19.5 | NI-FGEN: 19.6 | NI-FGEN: 20.0 | NI-FGEN: 21.0 | NI-FGEN: 21.3 | NI-FGEN: 21.8 | NI-FGEN: 2023 Q1 | NI-FGEN: 2023 Q3

Resolved Version:

NI-FGEN: 2026 Q3

Added:

N/A

Vulnerability CVE-2026-8036

CVE-2026-8036 may allow a local authenticated user to access arbitrary system memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation. 

Workaround:

Update to NI-FGEN 2026 Q3
Download page: https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-fgen.html

Reported Version:

NI-FGEN: 16.0 | NI-FGEN: 17.0 | NI-FGEN: 17.1 | NI-FGEN: 18.1 | NI-FGEN: 18.5 | NI-FGEN: 19.0 | NI-FGEN: 19.1 | NI-FGEN: 19.5 | NI-FGEN: 19.6 | NI-FGEN: 20.0 | NI-FGEN: 21.0 | NI-FGEN: 21.3 | NI-FGEN: 21.8 | NI-FGEN: 2023 Q1 | NI-FGEN: 2023 Q3

Resolved Version:

NI-FGEN: 2026 Q3

Added:

N/A

Additional Patch Information

Installing some patches may require certain additional steps or considerations. Please refer to the following table for more information about patches for this release.

These patches currently do not have any special instructions.

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