CVE-2026-41429

HIGH

Improper validation of NBNS name_len in arduino-esp32 NetBIOS leads to memory corruption

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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, there is a remotely reachable memory corruption issue in the NBNS packet handling path. When NetBIOS is enabled by calling NBNS.begin(...), the device listens on UDP port 137 and processes untrusted NBNS requests from the local network. The request parser trusts the attacker-controlled name_len field without enforcing a bound consistent with the fixed-size destination buffers used later in the flow. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.8.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.5%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-121
Status published
Products (1)
espressif/arduino-esp32 < 3.3.8
Published Apr 24, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 24, 2026