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CVE-2026-11405: Hidden backdoor authentication mechanism in multiple versions of Tenda firmware allows admin access to web management interface

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-06 · updated 2026-10-25

Description

The web server binary /bin/httpd contains a hidden backdoor authentication mechanism in the login() function at 004c88b8. - The function contains a normal authentication path using MD5/hash-based password verification (prod_encode64/PasswordToMd5/check_rand_key). - After normal authentication fails, it calls GetValue("sys.rzadmin.password") to read a backdoor password from the device configuration. - It performs a direct strcmp() comparison (plaintext, not hashed) between the config value and the user-supplied password. A successful match grants role=2 (admin-level access) and creates a valid session. The rzadmin username is never checked — any username works with the backdoor

Affected products

• Tenda firmware: US_AC6V2.0RTL_V15.03.06.51_multi_T, US_AC5V1.0RTL_V15.03.06.48_multi_TDE01, US_AC10V1.0re_V15.03.06.46_multi_TDE01, US_W15EV1.0br_V15.11.0.5(1068_1567_841)_EN_TDE, US_FH1201V1.0BR_V1.2.0.14(408)_EN_TD

References

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/912.html
• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213560
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213560

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