CVE•Published 2026-09-07•Modified 2026-09-09•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-20502Mediatek · Mt2718_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.4
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
2
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 98% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
In vdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11262030; Issue ID: MSV-9196.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-07
Modified 2026-09-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-20502Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Mt2718 Firmware"Hosts Shodan identified as running Mt2718 Firmware.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-20502Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-20502Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-20502Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-20502GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-20502" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2026-205022 repos
cnlinxi/LLM-paper-dailyPython
Automatically Update LLM Papers Daily using Github Actions. Ref: https://github.com/Vincentqyw/cv-arxiv-daily
maheshndev/awesome-reposHTML
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