CVE-2026-78161

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

Not scored by EPSS

EPSS percentile

Not scored by EPSS

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

Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-24.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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 HR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-24 00:45Z2 HR 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

0ed762421c187918020326d4db25cd897c517b99f69eee21ed9be3a4b5c7ce3e

• 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