CVE-2026-78161

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 34.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-12.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-08-24 00:45Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-24 17:22Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-23

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e3228cbd2b76ef529f2edebb79b07736ec3aee86728b848dece77098f4737da4

• vuldb.comVDB-394543 | warmcat libwebsockets LECP CBOR Recording lecp.c report_raw_cbor out-of-bounds writehttps://vuldb.com/vuln/394543vdb-entrytechnical-description
• vuldb.comVDB-394543 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/vuln/394543/ctisignaturepermissions-required
• vuldb.comCVE-2026-78161 | CVE Analysis and Reporthttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78161third-party-advisory
• vuldb.comSubmit #883225 | warmcat libwebsockets 4.5.99-v4.5.0-508-gb4b5aed39 Out-of-bounds Writehttps://vuldb.com/submit/883225third-party-advisory
• github.comhttps://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libwebsockets-lecp-lecp_parse-cbor_pos_oob_writeexploit
• github.comhttps://github.com/biniamf/pocs/blob/main/libwebsockets-lecp-lecp_parse-cbor_pos_oob_write/poc_lecp_cbor_pos_oob.cexploit
• github.comhttps://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/commit/1d44554a1bb262db63ff4e240152a9deecd99054patch
• github.comhttps://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/product