Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-24822

Critical

Published: 27 January 2026

Published
27 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Red
EPSS Score 0.0035 26.3th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-24822 is a critical-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 26.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Out-of-bounds Write, Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in ttttupup wxhelper (src modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files mongoose.C. This issue affects wxhelper: through 3.9.10.19-v1.

CWE(s)
CWE-122CWE-787

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Heap buffer overflow in mongoose web server module enables remote exploitation of public-facing application.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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