High severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-40854
CVE-2026-40854
Description
WNC T-Mobile 5G Box IDU router contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the portal.cgi component. The session verification mechanism improperly validates the sessionid cookie by checking for the existence of a corresponding file in /tmp/login_user. An attacker can bypass authentication by using directory entries such as "." or ".." in the cookie, allowing unauthorized access to the administration panel.This issue has been fixed in firmware version 1.1.0.651412
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1- Range: <=1.1.0.651412
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