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Zbtlink router firmware ships an embedded remote-control implant, ENDLESSDOORS, present in every published build across the product line. It is the open-source …

Published:

4 August 2026 at 22:00:00

Alert date:

5 August 2026 at 12:07:08

Source:

nvd.nist.gov

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Mobile & IoT, Network Infrastructure, Ransomware & Malware, Supply Chain & Dependencies, Critical Infrastructure

Zbtlink router firmware contains a hidden remote-control implant called ENDLESSDOORS, embedded across all published firmware builds. The implant is based on the open-source ycsunjane/rctl tool, packaged as an OpenWrt library (librctl.so), and runs at boot as root while disguising itself as a kernel kworker thread. It establishes outbound cleartext TCP connections to a hardcoded C2 server on ports 7000 and 7001, with no authentication or encryption, retrying every ~35 seconds. Any received command is passed directly to popen() as root, and a special rctlbash command grants an interactive root shell. Because the channel is unauthenticated and unencrypted, any party able to intercept the connection, hijack DNS/routes, or acquire the hardcoded fallback domain can achieve full unauthenticated remote code execution as root. This represents a severe supply-chain and firmware-level backdoor affecting the entire Zbtlink product line. The vulnerability is categorized as a critical embedded implant with significant risk to network infrastructure security.

Technical details

Mitigation steps:

Affected products:

Zbtlink router firmware
OpenWrt
librctl.so
ycsunjane/rctl

Related links:

Related CVE's:

Related threat actors:

IOC's:

librctl.so, kworker, rctlbash, TCP port 7000, TCP port 7001

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