Authenticated access-point crash via unchecked firmware filename
Published May 2, 2026 · Updated May 2, 2026
Buffer overflow in TRENDnet TEW-821DAP 1.12B01 firmware allows remote authenticated users to crash the access point. The ssi program's auto_update_firmware function copies the attacker-controlled firmware filename from str into a 1,552-byte array with strcpy and no length check. Low-privileged network-management access is required; a filename longer than 1,163 bytes causes an out-of-bounds write and service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in TRENDnet TEW-821DAP 1.12B01 firmware allows remote authenticated users to crash the access point. The ssi program's auto_update_firmware function copies the attacker-controlled firmware filename from str into a 1,552-byte array with strcpy and no length check. Low-privileged network-management access is required; a filename longer than 1,163 bytes causes an out-of-bounds write and service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-7607
- Published
- May 2, 2026
- Updated
- May 2, 2026
- Vendor
- TRENDnet
- Product
- TEW-821DAP
- Classifications
- CWE-120, CWE-119, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.12B01
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Public exploit references
- TEW-821DAP firmware-update buffer-overflow proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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