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CVE-2026-18588
Wavlink WL-NU516U1 nas.cgi fgets stack-based overflow
Critical9.3EPSS 1.1%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Critical9.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Critical10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Critical9.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 708c073-mt7628
References (6)
- VDB-385416 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1 nas.cgi fgets stack-based overflow (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-385416 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-18588 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #850500 | WAVLINK WL-NU516U1 2026-05-15 (build 708c073-mt7628) Command Injection (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
- https://github.com/oduoke567/WAVLINK-NU516U1-2026-05-1/blob/main/report2.md (opens in a new tab)broken-link
- https://dl.wavlink.com/firmware/RD/WINSTAR_NU516U1-WO-A-2026-07-13-4b8a21f-mt7628-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin (opens in a new tab)broken-linkpatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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