CVE-2026-17518 (GCVE-0-2026-17518)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-20 02:00
Modified
2026-10-20 19:17
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input in certain ASUS router models allows an adjacent authenticated user to corrupt device operations and cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with input exceeding the expected length.
Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS Router Firmware' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
References
Impacted products
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