Improper certificate validation in GL.iNet GL-AXT1800
Priority HIGH 71CWE-295Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
A firmware downgrade vulnerability exists in the OTA Update functionality of GL-Inet GL-AXT1800 4.7.0. A specially crafted .tar file can lead to a firmware downgrade. An attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack to trigger this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00346 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-44018
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-29pc-8vpc-xrwf
References
More GL.iNet vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-21387 GL-iNet GL-AR300M16 v4.3.11 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-26219 GL-iNet products AR750/AR750S/AR300M/AR300M16/MT300N-V2/B1300/MT1300/SFT1200/X750… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-27815 An issue was discovered on GL.iNet devices before version 4.5.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-15082 An issue was discovered on GL.iNet devices before 3.216. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-14015 GL.iNET MT3000 4.1.0 Release 2 is vulnerable to OS Command Injection via /usr/lib/oui-httpd/rpc/logread. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-15312 GL.iNet GL-MT3000 nas-web RPC Wrapper glc nas-web.add_user command injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-44018 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-44018 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-29pc-8vpc-xrwf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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