CVE•Published 2026-08-13•Modified 2026-09-09•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72842
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.9
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
35
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 65% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
luci-app-lxc contains an ACL inconsistency vulnerability that allows low-privileged authenticated LuCI users to access backend container management routes without proper authorization checks. Attackers can exploit path traversal via `/.%2E` in the `lxc_name` parameter to escape container directories and control host-side scripts executed through `lxc.hook.start-host`, achieving root code execution on the OpenWrt host.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-13
Modified 2026-09-09
External references
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-72842Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-72842Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-72842Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-72842GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-72842" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-72842 on GitHub.