CVE•Published 2026-08-03•Modified 2026-08-12•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-18601
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
82
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 18% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A vulnerability was found in GL.iNet GL-MT3000 up to 4.4.5. This impacts the function ovpn-client.check_config of the file /cgi-bin/glc of the component ovpn-client.so Native Plugin. Performing a manipulation of the argument filename results in command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure and confirmed the existence of the vulnerability.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-03
Modified 2026-08-12
External references
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-18601Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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CVE-2026-18601Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-18601 on GitHub.