Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-38426

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

Published: 27 May 2026

Published
27 May 2026
Modified
27 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 0.0018 39.3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-38426 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) 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 39.3th 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

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

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.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Remote buffer overflow in public-facing Tasmota web/firmware component (fetch_jpg via strcpy) directly enables arbitrary code execution against an exposed 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 xdrv_10_scripter.ino, fetch_jpg(), jpg_task.boundary[40], strcpy() function.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-120

References