CVE-2026-114550

HIGH 1 PoC
MEDIUM Priority: 0.07 BB Relevance: 76/100
Published: 2026-11-04 Modified: 2026-11-12 First seen: 2026-11-04 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

libwebsockets MQTT Protocol PUBACK Packet Handling Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of libwebsockets. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of PUBACK packets. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-31039.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
libwebsockets libwebsockets b4b5aed3903eaff09cd76a410f69bbe5dff66f8e
libwebsockets libwebsockets b4b5aed3903eaff09cd76a410f69bbe5dff66f8e

Proof of Concept (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

76 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ No user interaction
✓ PoC available (1)

CVSS Score

8.1 / 10.0 v3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.84%
Raw Score 0.008420
Percentile 58.5%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00842
2026-11-12
0.00842
2026-11-10
0.00842
2026-11-09
0.00842
2026-11-08
0.00842
2026-11-07
0.00842
2026-11-06
0.00842
2026-11-05
0.00842
2026-11-04
0.00842

Intelligence Sources

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