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CVE-2025-69542: D-Link DIR895LA1 · Command Injection

Source CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
9.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 95% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Immediate mitigation steps include isolating affected D-Link DIR895LA1 devices from untrusted networks and restricting DHCP traffic to trusted clients only. Network administrators should implement strict DHCP snooping and filtering to prevent malicious DHCP requests from reaching the vulnerable router. Monitoring network traffic for unusual DHCP lease renewal requests can help detect exploitation attempts. Until an official firmware patch is released by D-Link, consider replacing the affected routers with alternative hardware or deploying additional network segmentation to limit exposure. Applying network intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) with signatures for DHCP anomalies can provide additional defense. Organizations should also maintain up-to-date asset inventories to identify vulnerable devices and prioritize remediation. Once available, promptly apply vendor firmware updates to eliminate the vulnerability. Additionally, educating network administrators about this threat and enforcing strong network access controls will reduce the attack surface.

Description

A Command Injection Vulnerability has been discovered in the DHCP daemon service of D-Link DIR895LA1 v102b07. The vulnerability exists in the lease renewal processing logic where the DHCP hostname parameter is directly concatenated into a system command without proper sanitization. When a DHCP client renews an existing lease with a malicious hostname, arbitrary commands can be executed with root privileges.

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