ESP-IDF is the Espressif Internet of Things (IOT) Development Framework.
CVE-2026-113783
ESP-IDF is the Espressif Internet of Things (IOT) Development Framework. From 5.2.3 until 5.3.7, 5.4.5, 5.5.6, and 6.0.3, the lwIP DNS resolver's cached-lookup path in dnslookup() in dns.c copies every cached address into a caller-provided single ipaddrt output buffer without a length parameter or bounds check. When CONFIGLWIPDNSMAXHOSTIP is greater than 1 and a cached hostname has multiple A or AAAA records, a subsequent lookup through dnsgethostbyname() or dnsgethostbynameaddrtype() writes beyond the single-element buffer into adjacent stack memory. A network-positioned attacker who influences DNS responses can cause a reboot through stack-canary corruption or, without stack protection, overwrite stack variables with attacker-controlled address bytes and potentially redirect control flow. This issue is fixed in versions 5.5.6 and 6.0.3 and is scheduled to be fixed in versions 5.3.7 and 5.4.5. No fixed release is available for the end-of-life 5.2 line.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.4 (v3.1)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 4 November 2026
- Last updated
- 4 November 2026
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
At the source
References
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/security/advisories/GHSA-ch63-jxm5-vmvf
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/75f2ff7e0c2d19e113293ec122b701c83d2f6665
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/7ab85eb4dc7d7695960d940badcd62592c365056
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/882843dbf838b0c02e09d46bb6283bda73496b8c
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/98e6e7a08fca391563651a1e751cc45a3b27d18b
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/af7543d00a4d7b489e010a70b59fd3d8022a40f4
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/defaa2f559470acfee5e2e5ea80a79b73424d483
Community proofs of concept
No community proof of concept yet. If you have one for a published vulnerability and the right to share it, add it below — it will appear here once reviewed.
Submit a proof of concept
Only for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, and only material from testing you were authorised to perform. This platform does not buy, sell, or broker exploits — see earning from vulnerability research for legitimate bounty programs. Submissions are reviewed before they appear. Text only; do not include live credentials, personal data, or anything targeting systems you are not permitted to test.
Query this programmatically
Agents can read this through the MCP endpoint, or over HTTP:
curl https://cve.zerocrew.in/api/cve/CVE-2026-113783