CVE-2026-42374Dlink · Dir-600l_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
D-Link DIR-600L Hardware Revision B1 (End-of-Life) contains a hardcoded telnet backdoor. The device starts a telnet daemon at boot via /bin/telnetd.sh with the username "Alphanetworks" and the static password "wrgn61_dlwbr_dir600L" read from /etc/alpha_config/image_sign. The custom telnetd binary accepts a -u user:password flag, and the custom login binary uses strcmp() to validate credentials. Successful authentication grants an unauthenticated attacker on the local network a root shell with full administrative control. The device has reached End-of-Life (EOL) and will not receive patches.
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vuln:CVE-2026-42374vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-42374CVE-2026-42374CVE-2026-42374"CVE-2026-42374" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov