Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-50224 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-50224 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-50224?
- Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 6.9, published 4 June 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Acer Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router M6E_AI_1.00.000019 and earlier.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-50224?
- 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-2026-50224 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-50224?
- Check whether you run Acer Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router at an affected version. 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
The vulnerability stems from an insecure default configuration where the web administration panel binds to the global IPv6 address [::]:8080. Because there are no default firewall rules to limit this binding, internal API endpoints become reachable over the Wide Area Network (WAN). An attacker with network reachability to the device's IPv6 address can interact with these internal interfaces. While the CVSS metric suggests high privileges (PR:H) may be required for certain impacts, the exposure itself allows for unauthorized information disclosure (CWE-200). Acer is addressing this by implementing default firewall limits and restricting service bindings.
Affected products
- Acer Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router M6E_AI_1.00.000019 and earlier
Timeline
- 2026-06-04: disclosed: Initial advisory publication