CVE-2026-73253

Published: Ago 20, 2026 Last Modified: Ago 20, 2026
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CRITICAL 9,1
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A

Description

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Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to version 7.22, an on-path network attacker with a wildcard certificate for a parent domain can impersonate deeper subdomains to a client using the built-in TLS stack. The mg_tls_verify_cert_san() and mg_tls_verify_cert_cn() functions in src/tls_builtin.c call mg_match(), whose wildcard can cross DNS label boundaries, so a pattern such as *.example.com can match foo.bar.example.com. The resulting hostname verification bypass permits interception and modification of TLS traffic. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.

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Improper Certificate Validation

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Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity Authentication
Potential Impacts:
Bypass Protection Mechanism Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Applicable Platforms
Technologies: Not Technology-Specific, Web Based, Mobile
View CWE Details
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/security/advisories/GHSA-jp6g-796f-39vp
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/a9df523f76f43a38bd53b4232b9cfd4c1686…
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/pull/3611
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases/tag/7.22
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/security/advisories/GHSA-jp6g-796f-39vp