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low 3.7

CVE-2026-2968 json

Cesanta Mongoose Poly1305 Authentication Tag tls_chacha20.c mg_chacha20_poly1305_decrypt signature verification

published 2026-02-23 8 mo ago modified 2026-07-25 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-7584 , GHSA-jprc-mg35-68jq , JLSEC-2026-368

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • julia Mongoose_jll 7.21.0+0
  • swupdate Debian 14 2025.12+dfsg-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2968

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-2968 updated cvss 5.9

mongoose: Cesanta Mongoose: Improper cryptographic signature verification in Poly1305 Authentication Tag Handler

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/dwBruijn/CVEs/blob/main/Mongoose/ChaCha20Poly1305.md#poc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/dwBruijn/CVEs/blob/main/Mongoose/ChaCha20Poly1305.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.3 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
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 3.0 3.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA 4.0 2.9 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
OSV 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Mongoose_jll
<7.21.0+0
7.21.0+0

Affected products

  • Cesanta Mongoose

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

Sources

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