CVE-2026-5350: trendnet tew-657brm_firmware
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-5350 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in trendnet tew-657brm_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 02-04-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A security flaw has been discovered in Trendnet TEW-657BRM 1.00.1. The impacted element is the function update_pcdb of the file /setup.cgi. The manipulation of the argument mac_pc_dba results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor confirms, that "[t]he product in question (...) has been discontinued and end of life since June 23, 2011, that is more than 14 years ago. We no longer provide support for this product, so we are not able to confirm the vulnerabilities. We will make an announcement on our website's product support page and notify customers who registered their products with us." This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 2 sources · 4 versions- NVDNIST7.4HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XDiffers
- NVDNIST8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST9.0HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS trend
Probability
1.01%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
63%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.19 pp
From 0.81% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundVuls
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
- CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowA stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
Affected systems
Trendnet1 product
- tew-657brm_firmware1.00.1
1 vendor · 1 product
References
4 links- github.com/panda666-888/vuls/blob/main/trendnet/tew-657brm/update_pcdb.mdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory