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CVE-2026-111710: Netcore NR256CN through 1.5.140116 Boa Web Server NULL Pointer Dereference DoS

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-16 · updated 2026-10-19
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

Netcore NR256CN through 1.5.140116 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Boa web server's user_auth() function that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the server via a malformed Authorization header. Attackers can send a Basic Authorization value lacking a colon, such as one decoding to a single character, to protected routes like /router/get_user_type.cgi to kill the main Boa process and deny management interface access.

Affected products

• Netcore NR256CN: through 1.5.140116

References

• https://github.com/lukadqq/netcore-router-public-refs/blob/a44d562736b41c944223297e9144d2ad7fa2aff1/2026.10.15-netcore-nr256cn-basic-auth-null-deref.md
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netcore-nr256cn-through-1.5.140116-boa-web-server-null-pointer-dereference-dos

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