CVE-2026-18588
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.1%
64.1th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-119
Published 2026-08-03 · modified 2026-08-12
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.
References
- https://dl.wavlink.com/firmware/RD/WINSTAR_NU516U1-WO-A-2026-07-13-4b8a21f-mt7628-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
- https://github.com/oduoke567/WAVLINK-NU516U1-2026-05-1/blob/main/report2.md
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18588
- https://vuldb.com/submit/850500
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/385416
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/385416/cti
- https://vuldb.com/submit/850500