# CVE-2026-102296 — zoneminder

> As of 2026-09-29, CVE-2026-102296 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in zoneminder, CVSS v3.1 6.5, EPSS 0.3% (28.7th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-102296 as of 2026-09-29; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-09-29

## What is CVE-2026-102296?

ZoneMinder before 1.38.4 contains static buffer overflow vulnerabilities in RemoteCameraHttp::GetResponse() that allow malicious HTTP cameras or intercepting attackers to overflow fixed-size buffers by sending oversized response headers. Attackers can send crafted HTTP responses with oversized status messages, Connection headers, Content-Type values, or multipart boundaries to corrupt parser state and crash the capture process or corrupt memory.

The record classifies CVE-2026-102296 under weakness class [CWE-120](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-120). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 7 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 6.5 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **CVSS v4.0 base score:** 8.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.7% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-09-28, last modified 2026-09-29

## Is CVE-2026-102296 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 37 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **ZoneMinder**: zoneminder

## How to fix CVE-2026-102296

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-102296 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-102296

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-102296, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-09-29. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com — patch](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/2596e5fb64c0348e615577b0ab08dc38b6dc6ed8)
- [github.com — vendor advisory](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-93j4-rcp9-9jx6)
- [github.com — patch (813bf6f1a3ffc92c163352f2480477ba571fca5b)](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/813bf6f1a3ffc92c163352f2480477ba571fca5b)
- [github.com — release notes](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/releases/tag/1.38.4)

**Technical analysis**

- [github.com — technical description](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/blob/1.38.3/src/zm_remote_camera_http.cpp#L736)

**Third-party advisory**

- [vulncheck.com — third party advisory](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zoneminder-before-1.38.4-buffer-overflow-via-http-camera-response)

**Issue tracking and product pages**

- [github.com — product](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-102296
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-102296 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp