CVE-2026-18615
CVE-2026-18615 — GL-iNet GL-MT3000 wg-server.so Native Plugin glc wg-server.generate_publickey command injection
A vulnerability was determined in GL-iNet GL-MT3000 up to 4.4.5. The affected element is the function wg-server.generate_publickey of the file /cgi-bin/glc of the component wg-server.so Native Plugin. Executing a manipulation of the argument private_key can lead to command injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure and confirmed the existence of the vulnerability.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, VulDB
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
2%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
PoC
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
Yes
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-77
- CWE-74
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1562.003Impair Defenses: Impair Command History Logging
- T1574.006Hijack Execution Flow: Dynamic Linker Hijacking
- T1574.007Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /cgi-bin/glc.
References
5 on the record
- vuldb.com/vuln/385535
vdb-entry, technical-description
- vuldb.com/vuln/385535/cti
signature, permissions-required
- vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18615
third-party-advisory
- vuldb.com/submit/851566
third-party-advisory
- github.com/StrTzz123/iot_vul/blob/main/GL-iNet/MT3000/4.4.5/wg_generate_publickey_glc/CVE.md
exploit
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.