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Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-3561

Philips Hue Bridge

Philips Hue Bridge hk_hap characteristics Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 3.0
8.0High

Official description

Philips Hue Bridge hk_hap characteristics Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Philips Hue Bridge. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the handling of PUT requests to the characteristics endpoint. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the device. Was ZDI-CAN-28479.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.0High 3.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (zdi) CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Philips Hue Bridge 1.73.1973146020 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-03-14
Last updated
2026-03-16
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
zdi

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.66%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
51.9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-122
    Heap-based Buffer Overflow