Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-49196

HighRCEUpdated

Published: 29 May 2026

Published
29 May 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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 0.0037 28.9th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-49196 is a high-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Acer Predator Connect W6X Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Unix Shell (T1059.004); ranked at the 28.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Wi-Fi device blocking feature fails to sanitize MAC address input, allowing injection and execution of arbitrary shell commands.

CWE(s)
CWE-77

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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Why these techniques?

CWE-77 command injection in Wi-Fi feature input directly enables arbitrary Unix shell command execution (T1059.004).

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

Affected Assets

acer
predator connect w6x firmware
≤ w6x_gbl_2.00.000005

Mitigating Controls

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

References