High severity · published Aug 21, 2026
CVE-2026-17251
Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Null Pointer Dereference in HTTP Request Parsing
7.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A NULL
pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the HTTP request parsing
functionality of
TL-MR6400 v7. An unauthenticated remote attacker can
trigger the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted HTTP request
containing a malformed session cookie header.
Successful
exploitation may cause the HTTP service process to crash, resulting in a
denial-of-service condition and temporary loss of management or CGI
functionality until service recovery.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TV
TL-MR6400 v7.0 · TP-Link Systems Inc.
before 1.9.0 Build 260714 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17251
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17251
www.tp-link.com
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tl-mr6400/v7/#Firmware
www.tp-link.com
https://www.tp-link.com/tw/support/download/tl-mr6400/v7/#Firmware
www.tp-link.com
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5259/
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