Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-111711Netcore NR256CN through 1.5.140116 Pre-Auth Stack Overflow via Boa user_ok()
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity stack buffer overflow in NR256CN from Netcore. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Netcore NR256CN through 1.5.140116 contains a pre-authentication stack overflow vulnerability in the Boa web server's user_ok() function, which copies Basic-auth usernames with unbounded strcpy() calls into 64-byte stack buffers. Unauthenticated attackers can send a username longer than 63 bytes to any protected /router/*.cgi route to crash the main Boa process or potentially execute code.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H