Critical 9.8Published Aug 29, 2025

CVE-2025-9605A security vulnerability has been detected in Tenda AC21 and AC23 16.03.08.16.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:00 UTC)

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A security vulnerability has been detected in Tenda AC21 and AC23 16.03.08.16. Affected is the function GetParentControlInfo of the file /goform/GetParentControlInfo. Such manipulation of the argument mac leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119, CWE-121
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 18, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

tenda ac21_firmware tenda:ac21_firmware	16.03.08.16	NVD
tenda ac23_firmware tenda:ac23_firmware	16.03.08.16	NVD

References

https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/Tenda/AC21/AC21V1.0re_V16.03.08.16.mdexploit, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/Tenda/AC23/Stack-Based%20Buffer%20Overflow%20in%20Tenda%20Wi-Fi%205%20Router%20AC23%EF%BC%88AC23V1.0re_V16.03.07.52%EF%BC%89.mdexploit, third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321783permissions-required, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.321783third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.636545third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.636548third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://www.tenda.com.cn/product

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