VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-42373

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-04
Last modified2026-10-25
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

D-Link DIR-605L Hardware Revision B2 (End-of-Life, EOL) contains a hardcoded telnet backdoor. The device starts a telnet daemon at boot via /bin/telnetd.sh with the username "Alphanetworks" and the static password "wrgn76_dlwbr_dir605L" read from /etc/alpha_config/image_sign. The custom telnetd binary accepts a -u user:password flag, and the custom login binary uses strcmp() to validate credentials. Successful authentication grants an unauthenticated attacker on the local network a root shell with full administrative control. The device has reached End-of-Life (EOL) and will not receive patches.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Primary references