Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-20596 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-20596 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-20596?
- Informational severity, published 2 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- MediaTek Modem.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-20596?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-20596 attacked?
- It is attacked from the adjacent network or over the network, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-20596?
- Check whether you run MediaTek Modem. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in MediaTek modem firmware results from improper input validation of cellular network signaling data. Attack vector is network-adjacent (requires a rogue base station in range); exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction and affects any connected device. The vulnerability leads to denial of service through memory corruption.
Affected products
- MediaTek Modem
Timeline
- 2026-11-02: disclosed