🛡️ CVE-2026-24440 — w30e-firmware

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-24440 is classified as CWE-620: Unverified Password Change. A password can be changed without confirming the current one or the identity of the requester.

Affected software

CVE-2026-24440 is recorded against 1 package.

• w30e-firmware (fixed in 16.01.0.19\(5037\))

Timeline and source

Published on 26 January 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.tendacn.com
www.vulncheck.com

Other advisories for this package

w30e-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-38835 (9.8 Critical, published 21 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-38834 (7.3 High, published 21 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-24439 (6.5 Medium, published 26 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-24430 (7.5 High, published 26 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-24437 (5.5 Medium, published 26 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-24429 (9.8 Critical, published 26 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-24436 (9.8 Critical, published 26 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-24428 (8.8 High, published 26 Jan 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-620: Unverified Password Change) in other software:

• CVE-2026-17599 (published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-15964 (9.8 Critical, published 1 Aug 2026)
• GHSA-h4hf-v6w5-897x (8.0 High, published 24 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-12692 (9.8 Critical, published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-56305 (8.3 High, published 10 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54801 (7.2 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-44733 (5.9 Medium, published 26 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-71328 (8.3 High, published 25 Jun 2026)

Details

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