CVE-2026-23833 ESPHome vulnerable to denial-of-service via out-of-bounds check bypass in the API component

ESPHome is a system to control microcontrollers remotely through Home Automation systems. In versions 2025.9.0 through 2025.12.6, an integer overflow in the API component's protobuf decoder allows denial-of-service attacks when API encryption is not used. The bounds check ptr + fieldlength end in...