{"id":"CVE-2026-16528","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-16528","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:51:55.476Z","title":"Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in certain ASUS router models allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain DDNS credentials from the system log, potentially enabling modification of DNS settings.Refer to the ' Security Update for…","description":"Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in certain ASUS router models allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain DDNS credentials from the system log, potentially enabling modification of DNS settings.Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS Router Firmware  ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.","published":"2026-10-07T02:16:58.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-07T19:17:36.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-532"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12356,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-07","score":0.00207,"percentile":0.09878}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-07T02:16:58.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.4","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T02:16:57.730Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.4)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.asus.com/security-advisory","source":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16528","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}