Philips Hue Bridge hk_hap heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Philips Hue Bridge. Affected is the function hk_hap. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-3561. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Philips Hue Bridge (unknown version). Affected by this issue is the function hk_hap. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-3561. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Philips

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• Hue Bridge

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.philips.ch/

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