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CVE-2022-25596

ASUS RT-AC86U - Heap-based buffer overflow

Description

ASUS RT-AC56U’s configuration function has a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation for the decryption parameter length, which allows an unauthenticated LAN attacker to execute arbitrary code, perform arbitrary operations and disrupt service.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By twcert

  2. · 45 days later

    Published

  3. · 2 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-25596, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
twcertCNA (assigner)3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Affected products

What to do

Solution: Update ASUS RT-AC86U firmware version to 3.0.0.4_386_46092

References

References1

Sources

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