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CVE-2026-78169: A vulnerability was detected in UTT HiPER 1250GW up to

Critical CVSS 9.9

Remediation summary

Recommended action
Confirm the deployed product and version against the authoritative sources before changing production.
Affected evidence
1 source affected-product statement
Priority
Critical severity; CVSS 9.9
Evidence checked

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What is CVE-2026-78169?

A vulnerability was detected in UTT HiPER 1250GW up to 3.2.7-210907-180535. This impacts the function strcpy of the file /goform/aspRemoteApConfTempSend of the component HTTP Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument Profile results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.

CVE
CVE-2026-78169
Source title
A vulnerability was detected in UTT HiPER 1250GW up to 3.2.7-210907-180535
Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.9 (3.1)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE published
2026-08-24
Source updated
2026-08-24T02:17:04Z
Catalog checked
2026-08-24T07:01:48Z
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-121
CNA / source
cna@vuldb.com
Record status
Received
Catalog quality
metadata-backed

Affected products and version ranges

  • UTT / HiPER 1250GW
    • Affected: version 3.2.7-210907-180535.
    • Affected-status source: cna@vuldb.com.

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Bounded remediation workflow

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Matched pattern: Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

How to check exposure for CVE-2026-78169

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.

Temporary containment

  • Disable the affected parser, codec, file type, or service endpoint and isolate the process with least privilege and a restrictive sandbox.

How to remediate CVE-2026-78169

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.

How to verify the remediation

  • Run focused unit, sanitizer, and fuzz tests in an isolated environment and confirm clean termination for malformed fixtures.
  • Verify the deployed binary identity, linkage, architecture, and hardening flags match the rebuilt artifact.

Rollback

  • Restore native source, compiler and linker settings, dependency or image pins, generated artifacts, and tests from the captured state.

Stop and triage conditions

  • Stop if testing causes uncontrolled corruption, affects shared systems, or requires a weaponized proof of concept.
  • Switch to incident response if suspicious crashes, control-flow anomalies, or unexpected process behavior are observed.

Required output

Return a reviewer-ready minimal patch with exposure evidence, authoritative fixed-version evidence, regression tests, deployed-artifact verification, rollback notes, and source links; otherwise return TRIAGE.md with the blocking decision and owner.

Safety boundary

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AI agent plan summary

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References and evidence

Cite this CVE record

Security Recipes. “CVE-2026-78169: A vulnerability was detected in UTT HiPER 1250GW up to” Last updated . Canonical URL: https://security-recipes.ai/cve/CVE-2026-78169/.

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