CVE•Published 2026-09-07•Modified 2026-09-11•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-86299

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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

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 21% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Description

A vulnerability was detected in Linksys RE7000 2.0.15. This affects the function platform_event_pingTest of the file /cgi-bin/json.cgi?PingTest of the component PingTest Handler. The manipulation of the argument pingTestIp/pingTestPktSize/pingTestTimes results in os command injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.

Timeline

Published 2026-09-07

Modified 2026-09-11

External references

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