CVE-2026-115473
Mongoose: Heap OOB reads and null-byte bypass in mg_path_is_sane (util.c)
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to 7.22, mg_path_is_sane in src/util.c read path.buf[1] without first requiring path.len to be at least two and read s[2] when only two bytes remained. Unauthenticated remote requests reaching mg_http_upload or mg_http_serve_dir with the affected short path shapes could therefore trigger one-byte heap out-of-bounds reads. On bare-metal or RTOS targets without memory protection, the adjacent byte could be exposed or influence whether a path was accepted, and instrumented builds could crash. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.
| CWE | CWE-125 CWE-158 |
| Vendor | cesanta |
| Product | mongoose |
| Published | Nov 4, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Affected Versions
cesanta / mongoose
< 7.22