Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach WebUI login page over network
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DeliveryCraft HTTP POST with oversized password field
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ExploitSubmit request to check.jst handler
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ExecutionTrigger uncontrolled memory or CPU consumption
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PersistExhaust embedded device resources
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ImpactWebUI unavailable to administrators
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | No special conditions beyond network reachability of the WebUI login page are required. The CVSS vector confirms unauthenticated (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and low complexity (AC:L) exploitation. The limiting factor in practice is network adjacency: RDK-B WebUI is typically bound to the LAN-side interface of residential gateways (192.168.x.x or similar), restricting exploitation to users already on the local network or to devices where the ISP or end user has exposed port 80/443 to the internet. No specific non-default configuration, feature flag, or protocol mode is required - the vulnerable code path is the default login handler present in all deployments of the affected version. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H scores 7.5 (High) and accurately reflects that the attack is trivially automatable from the network with no prerequisites - a worst-case availability scenario for the affected device. However, EPSS at 0.22% (13th percentile) indicates very low observed exploitation probability relative to all scored CVEs, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV. No public exploit code has been reported. The practical blast radius is limited: RDK-B WebUI is typically accessible only on the LAN-side interface of residential gateways, meaning an attacker generally needs local network adjacency unless the ISP or user has exposed the management interface to the internet. For affected deployments, the consequence is device management unavailability - disruptive but not catastrophic absent chained exploitation. The combination of high CVSS and low EPSS is consistent with a straightforward but largely untargeted flaw in niche embedded firmware. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with network access to the RDK-B device's WebUI - typically a local network user or, in misconfigured deployments, a remote internet-based attacker - sends an HTTP POST request to the login endpoint with a password field containing megabytes of data. The |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 27, 2026
Denial of service in RDK-B WebUI version rdkb-2025q4-kirkstone.04.10.26 is achievable by any remote unauthenticated attacker who submits an excessively large password value to the login handler, triggering uncontrolled resource consumption in the check.jst template. The flaw (CWE-400) requires no credentials, no user interaction, and no special configuration - any device with its WebUI reachable is vulnerable to availability loss. EPSS sits at 0.22% (13th percentile), and no active exploitation or public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, keeping real-world urgency moderate despite the high CVSS base score.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch with an exact fix version has been identified at time of analysis. The vulnerability was disclosed by researchers at Wrocław University of Technology (whitehats.pwr.edu.pl) on 2026-08-19 as part of a multi-vulnerability disclosure; operators should monitor the RDK Central repository and the researcher's blog for patch availability. As an immediate compensating control, restrict WebUI access to trusted management VLANs or disable remote management if not operationally required - this eliminates network-reachable attack surface without functional impact for locally managed devices. Deploying a reverse proxy or WAF with request body size limits (e.g., limiting POST body or individual field length) in front of the WebUI would prevent oversized password submissions from reaching check.jst, though this requires infrastructure not typically present on CPE devices. Rate-limiting login endpoint requests per source IP is a lower-overhead mitigation that reduces automated DoS throughput. ISPs managing fleets of RDK-B devices should assess whether TR-069/ACS management interfaces can serve as an alternative to WebUI access during any temporary WebUI disable.
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RDK-B (Reference Design Kit for Broadband) is an open-source middleware platform maintained by RDK Central and widely licensed to cable operators and ISPs for deployment in residential gateway devices such as cable modems and Wi-Fi routers. The WebUI component provides the device management interface, and check.jst is a server-side JavaScript template responsible for processing login credential submissions. CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) indicates the input length of the password parameter is not bounded or sanitized before being processed, allowing an attacker to force the server to allocate disproportionate memory or CPU cycles. The affected CPE cpe:2.3:a:rdk:rdk-b_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version field, suggesting NVD has not yet constrained the finding to a specific version range beyond the named release tag rdkb-2025q4-kirkstone.04.10.26.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Login endpoint is network-accessible with no authentication; only availability is impacted via unbounded password processing; no confidentiality or integrity impact applies.
Primary rating from Vendor (certcc).
CVSS VectorVendor: certcc
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Uncontrolled resource consumption in check.jst in RDK-B WebUI rdkb-2025q4-kirkstone.04.10.26 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service via excessively large password values.
Executive ViewAI
RDK-B WebUI (version rdkb-2025q4-kirkstone.04.10.26) is vulnerable to remote unauthenticated denial-of-service attacks through oversized password submissions that exhaust device resources. Any broadband gateway or set-top box with exposed WebUI is at risk of service unavailability, disrupting customer connectivity and potentially impacting field support operations.
Restrict WebUI access to administrative networks via firewall ACLs; implement rate-limiting on HTTP login endpoints to mitigate large-payload resource exhaustion; configure web server request body size limits (maximum 1 MB); disable WebUI on devices that do not require remote management and use local serial-console access instead; deploy HTTP intrusion detection signatures to flag abnormally large password field submissions.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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