CVE-2026-2980
Published: 23 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-2980 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Utt 810G Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Managed runtimes used by platform-independent applications (e.g., JVM, CLR) enforce memory safety, preventing most buffer overflows that require direct memory manipulation.
Ongoing control assessments and code testing (static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing) surface memory buffer restriction failures, which are then remediated before release.
Memory protections (e.g., W^X, ASLR) make exploitation of buffer-boundary violations far harder to turn into code execution.
Detects exploitation attempts that produce memory corruption, crashes, or anomalous behavior.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Remote authenticated buffer overflow in web form (/goform/setSysAdm) enabling arbitrary code execution on network device maps directly to T1190 (public-facing app exploitation) and T1068 (post-auth priv esc to code exec).
NVD Description
A vulnerability has been found in UTT HiPER 810G up to 1.7.7-1711. Impacted is the function strcpy of the file /goform/setSysAdm. The manipulation of the argument passwd1 leads to buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has…
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been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-2980 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in UTT HiPER 810G devices up to version 1.7.7-1711. The flaw affects the strcpy function in the /goform/setSysAdm file, where manipulation of the passwd1 argument triggers the overflow. It is classified under CWE-119 and CWE-120, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating network accessibility and high potential impact.
A remote attacker with high privileges can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation involves sending crafted input to the passwd1 argument, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Advisories and a proof-of-concept exploit are documented in references including GitHub (https://github.com/7wkajk/CVE-VUL/blob/main/4.md and https://github.com/7wkajk/CVE-VUL/blob/main/4.md#poc) and VulDB (https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347364, https://vuldb.com/?id.347364, https://vuldb.com/?submit.756130). The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used, but no specific patch or mitigation details are provided in the CVE description.
The vulnerability was published on 2026-02-23, highlighting the need for practitioners to assess exposure in affected UTT HiPER 810G deployments.
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