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CVE-2025-8060VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-8060: Tenda AC23 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affects Tenda AC23Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 61% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Jul 2025

  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 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHubtenda/AC23pkg:github/tenda/AC23Other threatsAffected
  • =16.03.07.52
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-8060 effectively, European organizations should take several specific steps beyond generic advice: 1) Immediately identify and inventory all Tenda AC23 devices running firmware version 16.03.07.52 within their networks. 2) Isolate affected devices from critical network segments and restrict management interface access to trusted IP addresses via firewall rules or VLAN segmentation. 3) Disable remote management features on the router if not strictly necessary, especially access to the /goform/setMacFilterCfg endpoint. 4) Monitor network traffic for unusual or malformed HTTP requests targeting the vulnerable endpoint, employing intrusion detection systems (IDS) or web application firewalls (WAF) with custom signatures. 6) Implement network-level protections such as VPNs or zero-trust access models to reduce exposure of management interfaces. 7) Educate IT staff about this vulnerability and ensure incident response plans include steps for detecting and responding to exploitation attempts. 8) Regularly review and update router firmware and configurations as part of a comprehensive vulnerability management program.

Description

A vulnerability has been found in Tenda AC23 16.03.07.52 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function sub_46C940 of the file /goform/setMacFilterCfg of the component httpd. The manipulation of the argument deviceList leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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