Zyxel NWA110AX buffer overflow allows LAN privilege escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Zyxel NWA110AX firmware through 7.12(ABTG.0)C0 contains a buffer overflow in the zdp_wtp binary, classified as CWE-120. A LAN-based attacker can exploit it to escalate privileges on an affected device.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the zdp_wtp binary in Zyxel NWA110AX firmware versions through 7.12(ABTG.0)C0 could allow a LAN-based attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device.
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 Zyxel NWA110AX firmware.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-76955
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-cc6p-qhcf-9wgq
- 2026-11-04 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-04 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-76955 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-76955 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cc6p-qhcf-9wgq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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