# Cesanta Mongoose vulnerabilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/cesanta-mongoose  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Updated: 12 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour.  
Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/cesanta-mongoose.json  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 11 vulnerabilities in Cesanta Mongoose: 0 in the last 7 days and 6 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-115473, was published on 4 November 2026. 5 vulnerabilities in the last four weeks, up 400% on the four before (1).

## Counts

- Last 7 days: 0
- Last 30 days: 5
- Last 90 days: 6
- All time: 11 (0 critical, 0 exploited in the wild)

## About Cesanta Mongoose

Lightweight embedded web server library for building networked applications.

## Latest Cesanta Mongoose vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-115473: Mongoose heap out-of-bounds read in path validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-115473-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to) (medium, CVSS 6.5, published 4 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-73261: Mongoose TCP option parser bounds check vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-73261-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to-7) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 14 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-73260: Mongoose TLS certificate parser bounds check in DER parsing](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-73260-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to-7) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 14 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-73252: Mongoose TLS short-record out-of-bounds read](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-73252-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to-7) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 14 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-63626: Mongoose IPv6CP length field bounds check buffer overflow](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-63626-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to-7) (high, CVSS 8.8, published 14 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-101003: Cesanta Mongoose stack-based buffer overflow in MQTT broker](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-101003-a-weakness-has-been-identified-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-21) (medium, CVSS 5.3, published 28 Sep 2026)
- [CVE-2026-6986: A security vulnerability has been detected in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This issue affects the function…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-6986-a-security-vulnerability-has-been-detected-in-cesanta-mongoose-up) (low, CVSS 3.7, published 25 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-6985: A weakness has been identified in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This vulnerability affects the function handle_opt of…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-6985-a-weakness-has-been-identified-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-20-this) (medium, CVSS 5.3, published 25 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-5246: A vulnerability was determined in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. Affected is the function mg_tls_verify_cert_signature…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-5246-a-vulnerability-was-determined-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-20) (medium, CVSS 5.6, published 2 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-5245: A vulnerability was found in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This impacts the function handle_mdns_record of the file…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-5245-a-vulnerability-was-found-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-20-this) (medium, CVSS 5.6, published 2 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-5244: A vulnerability has been found in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This affects the function mg_tls_recv_cert of the file…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-5244-a-vulnerability-has-been-found-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-20-this) (high, CVSS 7.3, published 2 Apr 2026)

## Most severe Cesanta Mongoose vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-63626: Mongoose IPv6CP length field bounds check buffer overflow](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-63626-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to-7) (high, CVSS 8.8, published 14 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-73252: Mongoose TLS short-record out-of-bounds read](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-73252-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to-7) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 14 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-73261: Mongoose TCP option parser bounds check vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-73261-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to-7) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 14 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-73260: Mongoose TLS certificate parser bounds check in DER parsing](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-73260-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to-7) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 14 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-5244: A vulnerability has been found in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This affects the function mg_tls_recv_cert of the file…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-5244-a-vulnerability-has-been-found-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-20-this) (high, CVSS 7.3, published 2 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-115473: Mongoose heap out-of-bounds read in path validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-115473-mongoose-is-an-embedded-web-server-and-network-library-prior-to) (medium, CVSS 6.5, published 4 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-5245: A vulnerability was found in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This impacts the function handle_mdns_record of the file…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-5245-a-vulnerability-was-found-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-20-this) (medium, CVSS 5.6, published 2 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-5246: A vulnerability was determined in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. Affected is the function mg_tls_verify_cert_signature…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-5246-a-vulnerability-was-determined-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-20) (medium, CVSS 5.6, published 2 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-6985: A weakness has been identified in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This vulnerability affects the function handle_opt of…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-6985-a-weakness-has-been-identified-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-20-this) (medium, CVSS 5.3, published 25 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-101003: Cesanta Mongoose stack-based buffer overflow in MQTT broker](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-101003-a-weakness-has-been-identified-in-cesanta-mongoose-up-to-7-21) (medium, CVSS 5.3, published 28 Sep 2026)

## Vulnerabilities per week

5 vulnerabilities in the last four weeks, up 400% on the four before (1).

| Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources

NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "Cesanta Mongoose vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/cesanta-mongoose, 12 November 2026.
