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CVE-2026-78161 Details

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Description

A vulnerability was found in warmcat libwebsockets 4.5.0. Impacted is the function report_raw_cbor of the file lib/misc/lecp.c of the component LECP CBOR Recording. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as 1d44554a1bb262db63ff4e240152a9deecd99054. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:…Vector:This vulnerability is currently being analyzed.

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.3 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/blob/main/libwebsockets-lecp-lecp_parse-cbor_pos_oob_write/poc_lecp_cbor_pos_oob.c	[email protected]
https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libwebsockets-lecp-lecp_parse-cbor_pos_oob_write	[email protected]
https://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/	[email protected]
https://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/commit/1d44554a1bb262db63ff4e240152a9deecd99054	[email protected]
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78161	[email protected]
https://vuldb.com/submit/883225	[email protected]
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394543	[email protected]
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394543/cti	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	[email protected]

Affected Products

This vulnerability is currently being analyzed

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Aug 24, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Aug 24, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]