a team of white knight hackers have discovered a critical security issue called enlbufferpwn that could give hackers full console access to your switch 3ds and wii u games and systemsfollowing a lengthy investigation nintendo has been updating affected games by releasing patches which may explain why some older games such as mario kart 7 were recently and mysteriously updated after many years of inactivityhere is enlbufferpwn a severe vulnerability in many firstparty 3ds wii u and switch games it allows remote code execution in a victim console by just having an online game session with an attacker explained one of the players who discovered the exploit on twitter via nintendo everythingcombined with other os exploits this vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve full console takeover and steal sensitive information or take audiovideo recordings it has scored 9810 critical in the cvss 31 calculatorhere is enlbufferpwn cve id pending a severe vulnerability in many first party 3ds wii u and switch games it allows remote code execution in a victim console by just having an online game session with an attackervulnerability report pictwittercom4qewu5yq9xdecember 24 2022see morepablo goes on to explain that nintendo has been releasing patches for affected games during 2022 and that a list of games that are known to have had the vulnerability at some point can be found in the vulnerability report along with ambo6glaz and fishguy6564 who had also independently discovered the issue the vulnerability was reported to nintendo via its hackerone programid like to thank nintendo for giving me the opportunity to collaborate in the finding and research of this vulnerability and putting resources into fixing it in older titles i hope these actions have helped create a safer online gaming environment pablo concludednow details of the exploit have been publicized its probably a good idea to take whats left of the festive downtime and use it to ensure all of your nintendoflavored systems and games are fully updated to ensure you dont fall victim to this exploit affected games allegedly include mario kart 8 and its deluxe version animal crossing new horizons arms splatoon 2 splatoon 3 and super mario maker 2 splatoon 3 and mario kart 8 at the time of writing its unclear if nintendo will issue updates for games on older systems such as wii u but as always well keep you posted heres our pick of the best nintendo switch games available to play right now