A vulnerability was identified in Linksys E5600 1.1.0.26. Affected by this vulnerability is the function strcpy of the file /cgi-bin/mesh_login.cgi of the component JSON Request Parser. The manipulation of the argument username/password/token/source/cn/action leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linksys e5600
Vendors & Products Linksys e5600

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was identified in Linksys E5600 1.1.0.26. Affected by this vulnerability is the function strcpy of the file /cgi-bin/mesh_login.cgi of the component JSON Request Parser. The manipulation of the argument username/password/token/source/cn/action leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Title Linksys E5600 JSON Request mesh_login.cgi strcpy out-of-bounds write
First Time appeared Linksys
Linksys e5600 Firmware
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linksys:e5600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linksys
Linksys e5600 Firmware
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-04T02:30:21.965Z

Reserved: 2026-11-03T16:39:55.066Z

Link: CVE-2026-121616

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-04T03:17:15.060

Modified: 2026-11-04T03:17:15.233

Link: CVE-2026-121616

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-04T03:45:07Z

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