CVE-2026-5214
CWE-119Published: March 31, 2026· Updated: Apr 2, 2026
Official Description
A vulnerability was found in D-Link DNS-120, DNR-202L, DNS-315L, DNS-320, DNS-320L, DNS-320LW, DNS-321, DNR-322L, DNS-323, DNS-325, DNS-326, DNS-327L, DNR-326, DNS-340L, DNS-343, DNS-345, DNS-726-4, DNS-1100-4, DNS-1200-05 and DNS-1550-04 up to 20260205. Impacted is the function cgi_addgroup_get_group_quota_minsize of the file /cgi-bin/account_mgr.cgi. The manipulation of the argument Name results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made public and could be used.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-5214 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.8.
From a weakness classification perspective (CWE-119): Buffer overflow vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution or denial of service by corrupting adjacent memory.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2026-5214 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts