Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-71951 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-71951 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-71951?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 8 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- D-Link DWR-M961 hardware revision C1, firmware before 1.1.5_C1_202607071108.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-71951?
- A patch was published on 2026-07-07: Firmware 1.1.5_C1_202607071108 released to address vulnerability Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-71951 attacked?
- It is in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-71951?
- Check whether you run D-Link DWR-M961 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
This is a command injection vulnerability in the /boafrm/formIMEISetup interface of the D-Link DWR-M961 router (hardware revision C1). The IMEI_value parameter fails to properly sanitize user input before passing it to a system command, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary shell metacharacters and execute commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is network-reachable via the device's web-management interface; no authentication is explicitly mentioned as a requirement. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution as root on the device. The vulnerability is resolved in firmware version 1.1.5_C1_202607071108 and later.
Affected products
- D-Link DWR-M961 hardware revision C1, firmware before 1.1.5_C1_202607071108
Timeline
- 2026-08-08: disclosed: CVE published on NVD
- 2026-07-07: patched: Firmware 1.1.5_C1_202607071108 released to address vulnerability
- 2026-08-10: advisory: D-Link security announcement SAP10512 updated