CVE•Published 2026-05-25•Modified 2026-07-23•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-9442
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
44
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 56% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A weakness has been identified in Edimax BR-6478AC 1.23. This affects the function formiNICSiteSurvey of the file /goform/formiNICSiteSurvey of the component POST Request Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument selSSID can lead to buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-25
Modified 2026-07-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-9442Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-9442Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-9442Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-9442GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-9442" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-9442 on GitHub.