CVE-2026-62948

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-62948?

Upgrade openwrt to 25.12.5 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-62948 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-62948 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.36% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 28% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-62948?

CVE-2026-62948 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-62948 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for openwrt (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICAL

9.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

OpenWrt is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Prior to 25.12.5, odhcpd writes a DHCPv6 client FQDN option 39 hostname into /tmp/odhcpd.leases through src/statefiles.c statefiles_write_state6() and statefiles_write_state4() without escaping, allowing newline injection of forged lease lines that LuCI rpcd-mod-luci getDHCPLeases displays through htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/status/include/40_dhcp.js and htdocs/luci-static/resources/luci.js dom.append as live HTML in the Active DHCPv6 Leases admin page. This vulnerability is fixed in 25.12.5.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)CWE-117 CWE-150

How to fix

Remediation Available

openwrtNVD

Affected:< 25.12.5Fixed in:25.12.5CVE-2026-62948derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Exploit1

github.com

Release Notes1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-62948?

Upgrade openwrt to 25.12.5 or later.

Is CVE-2026-62948 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-62948 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.36% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 28% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-62948?

CVE-2026-62948 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-62948 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for openwrt (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-07-21.