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D-Link DIR-600L Hardware Revision A1 (End-of-Life) contains a hardcoded telnet backdoor. The device starts a telnet daemon at boot via /bin/telnetd.sh with the …
Published:
3 May 2026 at 22:00:00
Alert date:
4 May 2026 at 18:09:25
Source:
nvd.nist.gov
Network Infrastructure, Mobile & IoT
D-Link DIR-600L Hardware Revision A1 contains a hardcoded telnet backdoor vulnerability. The device automatically starts a telnet daemon at boot with hardcoded credentials (username: Alphanetworks, password: wrgn35_dlwbr_dir600l). Successful authentication grants attackers on the local network a root shell with full administrative control. The vulnerability affects end-of-life devices that will not receive security patches. The backdoor credentials are stored in /etc/alpha_config/image_sign and validated using strcmp() function. This represents a critical security flaw allowing complete device compromise for local network attackers.
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Affected products:
D-Link DIR-600L
Related links:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42375
https://www.securin.io/zero-day/cve-2026-42375-hardcoded-telnet-backdoor-in-d-link-dir-600l-a1-end-of-life-
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