CVE-2026-38571

Cleartext storage and exposure of WPA2 credentials, and missing authentication on the rr/wr memory read/write commands, in the unauthenticated UART debug console of the Tenda N300 F3 (V603) allow a physically proximate attacker to obtain stored WPA2 credentials in cleartext and to read or write arbitrary memory via the serial console.

Published: 2026-06-26 Last update: 2026-06-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-38571 is rated Low Risk (18.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-38571

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-30 0.18% 0.11% -0.07%
2 2026-06-27 0.18%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-38571

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:P)
Hands-on access—USB, keyboard, opening the case—not something you do purely over the wire.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
0.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-38571

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-38571

GHSA-h59c-hv3v-mj8q · Severity: medium — Cleartext storage and exposure of WPA2 credentials, and missing authentication on the rr/wr...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-38571

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-38571

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