diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/files/CVE-2024-45969.patch b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/files/CVE-2024-45969.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99caab9cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/files/CVE-2024-45969.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 9dfac54daace18d3d3b0ef09d8beecc562e29c1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Zillgith <michael.zillgith@mz-automation.de>
+Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:26:58 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] - ACSE: added check for minimum message size (LIB61850-438)
+
+CVE: CVE-2024-45969
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/7afa40390b26ad1f4cf93deaa0052fe7e357ef33]
+(cherry picked from commit 7afa40390b26ad1f4cf93deaa0052fe7e357ef33)
+Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/mms/iso_acse/acse.c | 8 ++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/mms/iso_acse/acse.c b/src/mms/iso_acse/acse.c
+index f46b024d..40ecafe0 100644
+--- a/src/mms/iso_acse/acse.c
++++ b/src/mms/iso_acse/acse.c
+@@ -420,6 +420,14 @@ AcseConnection_parseMessage(AcseConnection* self, ByteBuffer* message)
+ {
+     AcseIndication indication = ACSE_ERROR;
+ 
++    if (message == NULL || message->size < 1)
++    {
++        if (DEBUG_ACSE)
++            printf("ACSE: invalid message - no payload\n");
++
++        return ACSE_ERROR;
++    }
++
+     uint8_t* buffer = message->buffer;
+ 
+     int messageSize = message->size;
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/libiec61850_1.5.3.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/libiec61850_1.5.3.bb
index 20dd447c7e..ea8c16e3dc 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/libiec61850_1.5.3.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/libiec61850_1.5.3.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mz-automation/${BPN}.git;branch=v1.5;protocol=https
            file://CVE-2024-26529.patch \
            file://CVE-2024-45970.patch \
            file://CVE-2024-45971.patch \
+           file://CVE-2024-45969.patch \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"