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NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-18588 — A vulnerability has been found in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. This affect...

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Executive Summary

A vulnerability has been found in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. This affects the function fgets of the file nas.cgi. The manipulation of the argument CONTENT_LENGTH leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed v

Analysis

A vulnerability has been found in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. This affects the function fgets of the file nas.cgi. The manipulation of the argument CONTENT_LENGTH leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product. CVSS Score: 9.8. Published: 2026-08-03T07:16:43.047.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-18588
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Aug 3, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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