CVE-2026-38821
Received
Received - Intake
Heap Overflow in openNDS Before 11.0.0
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-38821, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-08-28
Last updated on: 2026-08-28
Assigner: MITRE
Description
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| opends | opends | to 11.0.0 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-122 | A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). |
