Vulnerability in 78 xiaozhi-esp32 (CVE-2026-13491)
Summary
Vulnerability in 78 xiaozhi-esp32 (CVE-2026-13491). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability was detected in 78 xiaozhi-esp32 up to 2.2.6. This vulnerability affects the function Application::GetInstance of the file main/protocols/mqtt_protocol.cc of the component MQTT Goodbye Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument session_id results in denial of service. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. It is stated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named e182471f8c5a22434346bd98da34d3b66c8c8b3e. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-13491 has been found in 78 xiaozhi-esp32.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "78 xiaozhi-esp32 CVE-2026-13491" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-13491 (78 xiaozhi-esp32) — CWE-404 / CVSS v3 3.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-404) exists in 78 xiaozhi-esp32.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of 78 xiaozhi-esp32.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.7/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで 78 xiaozhi-esp32 を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory vuldb.com
- advisory vuldb.com
- advisory vuldb.com
- advisory github.com
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- report github.com
- report vuldb.com
- web github.com
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