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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19773 (CVE-2026-19773)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-09-16 00:00 – Updated: 2026-09-17 10:59 – Source website

Details

(libwebsockets HTTP/2 HPACK Path Header Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Rem ...)

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-19773	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19773	REPORT

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CVE-2026-19773 (GCVE-0-2026-19773)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-15 18:01 – Updated: 2026-09-16 03:57

Title

libwebsockets HTTP/2 HPACK Path Header Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

libwebsockets HTTP/2 HPACK Path Header Parsing 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 parsing of HTTP/2 HPACK path header. 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-31036.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-15 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

zdi mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-…	x_research-advisory
https://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/commit/8…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
libwebsockets	libwebsockets	Affected: b4b5aed3903eaff09cd76a410f69bbe5dff66f8e

Date Public

2026-08-24 21:16

Show details on NVD website

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