Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-5962

Path Traversal in Tenda Ch22 Firmware 1.0.0.6\(468\)

Public PoCPath Traversal
Published
09 April 2026
Modified
30 April 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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 0.0054 43th percentile
Risk Priority 39 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-5962 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Tenda Ch22 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 43th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-5962 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in Tenda CH22 firmware version 1.0.0.6(468). The issue affects the R7WebsSecurityHandlerfunction within the httpd component, enabling manipulation that leads to unauthorized file access outside intended directories.

The vulnerability is exploitable remotely by unauthenticated attackers requiring low complexity and no user interaction, per its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Successful exploitation grants limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as reading or modifying restricted files.

Advisories and additional details are documented in VulDB entries (vuldb.com/vuln/356515 and related pages) and a GitHub repository containing a public exploit (github.com/Litengzheng/vuldb_new/blob/main/CH22/vul_55/README.md). The Tenda website (tenda.com.cn) provides manufacturer resources, which security practitioners should review for patch availability or mitigation steps.

The exploit is public and may be used, posing elevated risk to unpatched Tenda CH22 devices exposed to the internet.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was detected in Tenda CH22 1.0.0.6(468). This issue affects the function R7WebsSecurityHandlerfunction of the component httpd. The manipulation results in path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

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.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-15076Same product: Tenda Ch22
CVE-2026-5841Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2026-5849Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2026-6024Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2026-7036Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2025-21048Shared CWE-22
CVE-2026-23939Shared CWE-22
CVE-2024-7145Shared CWE-22
CVE-2023-42225Shared CWE-22
CVE-2024-33109Shared CWE-22

Affected Assets

tenda
ch22 firmware
1.0.0.6\(468\)

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.

PR.AA-05 none match
prevents

PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.

References