CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-17518

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

Certain ASUS router models contain a buffer copy without checking input size. An adjacent authenticated user can corrupt device operations and cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with input exceeding the expected length.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with network access can crash the router and disrupt network availability for users.

Recommendation

Apply the ASUS router firmware update per the 'Security Update for ASUS Router Firmware' section in the ASUS Security Advisory.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input in certain ASUS router models allows an adjacent authenticated user to corrupt device operations and cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with input exceeding the expected length. Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS Router Firmware' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS