D-Link warns of max severity zero-day bug in DIR-822A routers

Reported by BleepingComputer (Sergiu Gatlan)

Summary by Cyber Security News22 Sep 2026, 14:48 CEST

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D-Link warned customers of a maximum-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-86296) with public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code and no patch, affecting legacy DIR-822A dual-band Wi-Fi routers.

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