CVE-2026-19981GL.iNet XE3000 Wi-Fi Timer Power-Schedule Feature os command injection

5.3MediumCVSS base score
1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
NonePublic exploitsnone known yet

Description

A weakness has been identified in GL.iNet A1300, AX1800, AXT1800, BE1400, BE3600, BE6500, BE9300, BE10000, E5800, MT2500, MT3000, MT3600BE, MT5000, MT6000, X2000, X3000 and XE3000 up to 4.8.x. This affects an unknown part of the component Wi-Fi Timer Power-Schedule Feature. Executing a manipulation of the argument switch_power/restore_power can lead to os command injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The vendor explains: "After our investigation, we have confirmed that the vulnerability described (...) does indeed exist."

Timeline

2026
16 Aug 2026
16 Aug 2026
ID reserved
By VulDB
17 Aug 20261 day later
17 Aug 2026· 1 day later
Published

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-2026-19981, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
VulDBCNA (assigner)	4.0	Medium5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X
VulDBCNA (assigner)	3.1	High7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:R
VulDBCNA (assigner)	3.0	High7.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:R
VulDBCNA (assigner)	2.0	Medium6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:UR
NVDNVD · Deferred	4.0	Medium5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.

Affected products

GL.iNet · A1300
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · AX1800
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · AXT1800
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · BE1400
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · BE3600
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · BE6500
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · BE9300
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · BE10000
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · E5800
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · MT2500
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · MT3000
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · MT3600BE
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · MT5000
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · MT6000
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · X2000
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · X3000
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8
GL.iNet · XE3000
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.4
- affected 4.5
- affected 4.6
- affected 4.7
- affected 4.8

References5

VDB-391163 | GL.iNet XE3000 Wi-Fi Timer Power-Schedule Feature os command injection (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
VDB-391163 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
CVE-2026-19981 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Submit #873917 | GL.iNet Router 4.8.x RCE (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
https://github.com/gl-inet/CVE-issues/blob/main/4.0.0/Wi-Fi%20Timer%20Power-Schedule%20Cron%20RCE.md (opens in a new tab)related

Sources

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Record last updated 17 Aug 2026, 15:47 UTC.