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Medium · 5.6 CVE-2026-5246 EUVD-2026-18184GHSA-hm7q-jq63-pr78

Cesanta Mongoose P-384 Public Key mongoose.c mg_tls_verify_cert_signature authorization

Published Apr 2, 2026 · Updated Apr 2, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

Description

A vulnerability was determined in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. Affected is the function mg_tls_verify_cert_signature of the file mongoose.c of the component P-384 Public Key Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization bypass. The attack can be executed remotely. Attacks of this nature are highly complex. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 7.21 is able to address this issue. This patch is called 0d882f1b43ff2308b7486a56a9d60cd6dba8a3f1. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cesanta Mongoose 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 7.20 7.21

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 14 swupdate 2025.12+dfsg-10 —
Debian 13 swupdate No fix yet —
Debian 12 swupdate No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 swupdate No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS swupdate No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 swupdate No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS swupdate No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS swupdate No fix yet —

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