Stack buffer overflow in TOTOLINK A950RG wireless configuration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
TOTOLINK A950RG 4.1.2cu.5268_B20221104 is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow in its Basic Wireless Configuration handler. The wepkey argument of the cstecgi.cgi endpoint is passed to strcpy, which writes it into a stack buffer without a bounds check (CWE-121). A remote attacker with low privileges can trigger the overflow without user interaction. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
A security vulnerability has been detected in TOTOLINK A950RG 4.1.2cu.5268_B20221104. This impacts the function strcpy of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi of the component Basic Wireless Configuration Handler. The manipulation of the argument wepkey leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
Why it matters now
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
The sources list no fixed version for TOTOLINK A950RG.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Timeline
- 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121598
- 2026-11-04 Alias added: GHSA-589m-6gfw-wq76
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-04 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
References
More TOTOLINK vulnerabilities
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- TI-2026-80926 TOTOLINK A950RG stack-based overflow in infostat.cgi via CONTENT_LENGTH CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-79142 Command injection in TOTOLINK A950RG UploadCustomModule function CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-79031 TOTOLINK EX200 setWiFiAclAddConfig stack-based buffer overflow CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-79012 Stack-based buffer overflow in TOTOLINK EX200 setStaticDhcpConfig CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-67719 Stack-based overflow in Totolink A3002MU QoS rule handler CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-121598 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121598 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-589m-6gfw-wq76 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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