๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-5244

HIGH 7.3

Cesanta Mongoose TLS 1.3 mongoose.c mg_tls_recv_cert heap-based overflow

CVSS Score
7.3
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
18th

A vulnerability has been found in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This affects the function mg_tls_recv_cert of the file mongoose.c of the component TLS 1.3 Handler. Such manipulation of the argument pubkey leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 7.21 mitigates this issue. The name of the patch is 0d882f1b43ff2308b7486a56a9d60cd6dba8a3f1. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

CWE CWE-122 CWE-119
Vendor cesanta
Product mongoose
Published Apr 2, 2026
Last Updated Apr 2, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

Cesanta / Mongoose
7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/vuln/354825 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/vuln/354825/cti vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/submit/770063 github.com: https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/0d882f1b43ff2308b7486a56a9d60cd6dba8a3f1 github.com: https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases/tag/7.21 github.com: https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/

Credits

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