CVE-2026-42855

HIGH

arduino-esp32: Digest authentication URI mismatch bypass in WebServer allows cross-resource replay attack

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, 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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 26.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
espressif/arduino-esp32 < 3.3.8 (2 CPE variants)
Published May 12, 2026
Tracked Since May 13, 2026