---
title: "CVE-2026-73260: Mongoose - Denial of Service"
description: "Mongoose < 7.23 contains a denial of service caused by improper length verification in the built-in TLS certificate parser, letting unauthenticated malicious TLS servers or clients trigger out-of-bounds reads during handshake."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-73260/
---

# CVE-2026-73260 Mongoose - Denial of Service

Mongoose < 7.23 contains a denial of service caused by improper length verification in the built-in TLS certificate parser, letting unauthenticated malicious TLS servers or clients trigger out-of-bounds reads during handshake.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73260)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published

14 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-125](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 7.23 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73260](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73260)
- [https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/a8b4ae95db3c2db85e5ad9db3fefaeebb5f7b43e](https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/a8b4ae95db3c2db85e5ad9db3fefaeebb5f7b43e)
- [https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases/tag/7.23](https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases/tag/7.23)
- [https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/security/advisories/GHSA-f6wr-mg35-p25g](https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/security/advisories/GHSA-f6wr-mg35-p25g)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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