CVE-2026-38821

high

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in openNDS before 11.0.0 that allows an unauthenticated attacker on the captive portal network to crash the openNDS daemon (denial of service) and potentially achieve remote code execution. This is in http_microhttpd.c.

References

https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/commit/3b5f7ef40cd048826d3c4a16f61a73a1768fd5a9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-28

Updated: 2026-08-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00201