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GHSA-2CVH-668X-J624

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-29 00:31 – Updated: 2026-08-29 00:31

Details

Successful exploitation may result in a denial-of-service condition affecting UPnP functionality until the service is restarted or the device is rebooted.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-76649 (GCVE-0-2026-76649)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 20:18 – Updated: 2026-08-28 20:18

Title

Pre-Authentication NULL Pointer Dereference in UPnP SOAP Action Request Processing in TP-Link TL-WR841N

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in TL-WR841N v14 in the UPnP service when processing SOAP action requests. A specially crafted SOAP action request containing unexpected XML content may cause the UPnP daemon to terminate unexpectedly. Successful exploitation may result in a denial-of-service condition affecting UPnP functionality until the service is restarted or the device is rebooted.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL pointer dereference

Assigner

TPLink mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-wr…	patch
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tl-wr…	patch
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5270/	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
TP-Link System Inc.	TL-WR841N v14	Affected: 0 , < TL-WR841N(US)_V14_4.19 Build 260820 Rel.33478 (custom) Affected: 0 , < TL-WR841N(EU)_V14_4.19 Build 260821 Rel.56588 (custom)

Credits

Jincheng Wang (@winmt) from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-2CVH-668X-J624

CVE-2026-76649 (GCVE-0-2026-76649)

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