PT-2026-23779 · Philips · Philips Hue Bridge

Thalium_Team · Published 2026-03-06 · Updated 2026-04-27 · CVE-2026-3561

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Philips Hue Bridge (affected versions not specified)

Description The Philips Hue Bridge contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the hk hap characteristics component. This issue allows for remote code execution. The vulnerability was discovered during the Pwn2Own competition and credited to the Thalium team from Thales Group.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-3561

ZDI-26-159

Affected Products

Philips Hue Bridge

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3561 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-159 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/TheHackerWire/status/2033622567458902438 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/161099 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2032605859365200372 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/2030060473547124993 · Twitter Post