Persistent code execution via unsigned firmware updates
Published Aug 20, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Firmware integrity failure in Tenda AC6 V5.0 V02.03.01.110 allows remote authenticated users to execute code via a malicious update. The check_upgrade_file path accepts an image when its magic value, size, and attacker-computable CRC match, without verifying a cryptographic signature. Administrative web-portal credentials are required, after which arbitrary firmware can be flashed for persistent control of the router.
Summary
What happened
Firmware integrity failure in Tenda AC6 V5.0 V02.03.01.110 allows remote authenticated users to execute code via a malicious update. The check_upgrade_file path accepts an image when its magic value, size, and attacker-computable CRC match, without verifying a cryptographic signature. Administrative web-portal credentials are required, after which arbitrary firmware can be flashed for persistent control of the router.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-31355
- Published
- Aug 20, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd.
- Product
- AC6
- Classifications
- CWE-494, T1601.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Aug 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=V02.03.01.110
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