CVE-2026-78161Disclosure

LOWCVSS 5.5 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-119CWE-787

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-24: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-24: 108-24
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-78161 Out-of-Bounds Write in libwebsockets 4.5.0 LECP CBOR Recording Component https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-78161

    Post summary

    The message announces an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libwebsockets 4.5.0’s LECP CBOR Recording component, but offers no PoC, exploit code, active exploitation evidence, or patch information.

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