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CVE-2026-42855: arduino-esp32 is an Arduino core for the ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3, ESP32-C3, ESP32-C6 and ESP32-H2 microcontrollers....

HIGH CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.04%

Published: May 12, 2026 | Last Modified: May 12, 2026

Description

arduino-esp32 is an Arduino core for the ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3, ESP32-C3, ESP32-C6 and ESP32-H2 microcontrollers. Prior to 3.3.8, the WebServer Digest authentication implementation in arduino-esp32 computes the authentication hash using the URI field from the client's Authorization header, without verifying that it matches the actual requested URI. This allows an attacker who possesses any valid digest response (computed for URI-A) to authenticate requests to a completely different protected URI (URI-B), bypassing per-resource access control. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.8.

Ghostwire Analysis — What This Means Practically

Exploitation Probability (EPSS): Low — 0.04% (13th percentile)

Low exploitation probability based on current threat landscape data. Standard patching timeline is appropriate.

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