CVE-2026-17518

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: October 20, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 20, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRouter

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.2HIGHASUS
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-121

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