CVE-2026-18589

CRITICAL

A vulnerability was found in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. This impacts the function change_password of the file nas.cgi. The manipulation of the argument User1Passwd results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

CVSS v3.1 Score

9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Published: 8/3/2026Modified: 8/3/2026

Related Intelligence (1)

CRITICALVulnerability

NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-18589 — A vulnerability was found in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. This impacts the...

A vulnerability was found in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. This impacts the function change_password of the file nas.cgi. The manipulation of the argument User1Passwd results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very prof

CVE-2026-18589
NIST NVD

References (6)

https://dl.wavlink.com/firmware/RD/WINSTAR_NU516U1-WO-A-2026-07-13-4b8a21f-mt7628-squashfs-sysupgrade.binhttps://github.com/oduoke567/WAVLINK-NU516U1-2026-05-1/blob/main/report2.mdhttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18589https://vuldb.com/submit/850501https://vuldb.com/vuln/385417https://vuldb.com/vuln/385417/cti