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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-38821 EUVD-2026-67361GHSA-rm65-3jj4-3vcm

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in openNDS before 11.0.0 that allows an unauthenticated attacker on the captive portal ne…

Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 28, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openNDS openNDS < 11.0.0 11.0.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 opennds No fix yet —
Debian 12 opennds No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 opennds No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS opennds No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS opennds No fix yet —

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