CVE-2026-25603 (GCVE-0-2026-25603)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-24 17:14 – Updated: 2026-02-24 18:13
VLAI
Title
Path Traversal vulnerability in Linksys MR9600, Linksys MX4200
Summary
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Linksys MR9600, Linksys MX4200 allows that contents of a USB drive partition can be mounted in an arbitrary location of the file system. This may result in the execution of shell scripts in the context of a root user.This issue affects MR9600: 1.0.4.205530; MX4200: 1.0.13.210200.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linksys MR9600 Affected: 1.0.4.205530
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Linksys MX4200 Affected: 1.0.13.210200
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