CVE-2026-74843
CRITICALCVE-2026-74843 is a critical-severity (CVSS 10) Buffer Overflow vulnerability. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2026-74843 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
A vulnerability was determined in Wavlink WN531P3 and WN535M1 V250922. Affected by this vulnerability is the function strcpy of the file /etc/lighttpd/www/cgi-bin/export_pingortrace.cgi…
Description
A vulnerability was determined in Wavlink WN531P3 and WN535M1 V250922. Affected by this vulnerability is the function strcpy of the file /etc/lighttpd/www/cgi-bin/export_pingortrace.cgi of the component Export Pingortrace CGI. Executing a manipulation of the argument HTTP_COOKIE can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for the affected component. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Remediation status
No patched version of the affected component has shipped for CVE-2026-74843 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2026-74843 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2026-74843. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-74843 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2026-74843 across dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.