Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-44089

Critical

Published: 23 June 2026

Published
23 June 2026
Modified
23 June 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 9.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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 Score 0.0023 13.8th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-44089 is a critical-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Cert (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.4 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 13.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Totolink EX1200L router is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the login functionality in cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability could be exploited to cause the program to crash and to execute code remotely. This allows the attacker to perform actions as root…

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including reading and editing data, as well as bricking the router. Because vendor contact attempts were unsuccessful, the vulnerability has only been confirmed in version 9.3.5u.6146_B20201023 but may also affect other versions.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Buffer overflow in public-facing CGI login endpoint enables remote code execution as root.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Cert
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References