Stack-based buffer overflow in TOTOLINK X2000R router web interface
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- 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-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
CVE-2026-42025 (GHSA-j7w9-w54x-hg57) is a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) in the dhcp_dns functionality of the boa formIpv6Setup handler in TOTOLINK X2000R, version TOTOLINK-X2000R-Gh-V1.0.0-B20250421.1327. The flaw concerns the dhcp_dns1 parameter. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to arbitrary code execution, and the attacker must send it as an authenticated HTTP request. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.1 (CRITICAL).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Multiple exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the boa formIpv6Setup dhcp_dns functionality of X2000R (version(s): TOTOLINK-X2000R-Gh-V1.0.0-B20250421.1327). A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger these vulnerabilities. This vulnerability concerns the dhcp_dns1 parameter.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
The sources list no fixed version for TOTOLINK X2000R.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42025
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-j7w9-w54x-hg57
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-42025 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42025 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j7w9-w54x-hg57 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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