CVE-2026-18616: A vulnerability was identified in GL-iNet GL-MT3000 up to 4.4.5

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CRITICAL 9.8REMOTE

CVE-2026-18616 is a critical-severity flaw (CVSS 9.8) affecting affected software. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

A vulnerability was identified in GL-iNet GL-MT3000 up to 4.4.5. The impacted element is the function server.set_peer of the file /cgi-bin/glc of the component wg-server.so Native Plugin. The manipulation of the argument public_key leads to command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure and confirmed the existence of the vu

Why this priority

Critical severity
CISA SSVC: public proof of concept
CISA SSVC: automatable with total technical impact
Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

A fixed release or distro patch exists.

Risk facts

CVSS score	9.8 (Critical)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	None
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	3.6% (top 11%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-74, CWE-77
Published	2026-08-03
Last modified	2026-10-23

Publisher (CNA): VulDB

Timeline

2026-08-03 19:16 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-10-23 21:10 UTCUpdated Record last modified

Exact fixes by distribution

Fedora 46 · pspp · FIXED · 2.1.3-2.fc46 · FEDORA-2026-0d6444911b · source

sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=FEDORA-2026-0d6444911b

Fedora ELN · barman · FIXED · 3.20.1-3.eln159 · FEDORA-2026-45ecf042c2 · source

sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=FEDORA-2026-45ecf042c2

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