{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-2968 exists.","fix":"No fix published yet.","what":"CVE-2026-2968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose, published on 23 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-2968 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-2968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose, published on 23 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-2968 exists.\n\nAffected product: Cesanta Mongoose. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2968/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2968/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-2968","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2968/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-2968","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2968","GHSA-jprc-mg35-68jq","JLSEC-2026-368","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2968"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cesanta Mongoose library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can bypass Poly1305 authentication tag verification in Cesanta Mongoose due to improper cryptographic signature checks.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"weak_cryptography"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulDB","cpe":[{"product":"mongoose","vendor":"cesanta"}],"cvss":{"score":6.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-347","name":"Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature"},{"id":"CWE-345","name":"Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity"}],"description":"A vulnerability was detected in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This impacts the function mg_chacha20_poly1305_decrypt of the file /src/tls_chacha20.c of the component Poly1305 Authentication Tag Handler. The manipulation results in improper verification of cryptographic signature. The attack may be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is said to be difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Cesanta Mongoose Poly1305 Authentication Tag tls_chacha20.c mg_chacha20_poly1305_decrypt signature verification","id":"CVE-2026-2968","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"cesanta:mongoose","products":["cesanta:mongoose"],"type":"weak_cryptography","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"datapizza-labs datapizza-ai Jinja2 Template prompt.py ChatPromptTemplate special elements used in a template engine","id":"CVE-2026-2969"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cesanta Mongoose TCP Sequence Number net_builtin.c getpeer verification of source","id":"CVE-2026-2967"},"products":["Mongoose"],"published":"2026-02-23","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Arbitrary File Write","id":"CVE-2022-25299","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-02-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-25756","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-09-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-19307","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-26"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-12951","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-24"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-20353","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-20354","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-20355","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-10"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-23","vendors":["Cesanta"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can bypass Poly1305 authentication tag verification in Cesanta Mongoose due to improper cryptographic signature checks.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2968/"}