Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-38422

High
Microsoft: not affectedMSmacOS: not affectedMacLinux: not affectedLnxMobile: not affectedMobNetwork: not affectedNetApplication: not affectedAppOther: affectedOth

Published: 27 May 2026

Published
27 May 2026
Modified
28 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0005 14.6th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-38422 is a high-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 14.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190).
Threat & Defense Details

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?

Buffer overflow in publicly exposed Tasmota firmware component directly enables remote arbitrary code execution via exploitation of a public-facing application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in arendst Tasmota v.15.3.0.3 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_10_scripter.ino, fetch_jpg() function.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-121

References