Out-of-Bounds Affecting libwebsockets package, versions <4.3.5-3ubuntu1.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2604-LIBWEBSOCKETS-19384262
  • published28 Sept 2026
  • disclosed24 Aug 2026

Introduced: 24 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-78161  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:26.04 libwebsockets to version 4.3.5-3ubuntu1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libwebsockets package and not the libwebsockets package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:26.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1