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

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Executive Summary

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

Analysis

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 Score: 9.8. Published: 2026-08-03T07:16:43.260.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-18589
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

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

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