RCE in Dlink Dir-895la1

CVE-2025-69542

A Command Injection Vulnerability has been discovered in the DHCP daemon service of D-Link DIR895LA1 v102b07. The vulnerability exists in the lease renewal processing logic where the DHCP hostname parameter is directly concatenated into a system command without proper sanitization. When a DHCP client renews an existing lease with a malicious hostname, arbitrary commands can be executed with root privileges.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.099 (95.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-69542: rose from 0.088 to 0.099.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.088 · newest: 0.099 · change: +0.011

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-69542?
CVE-2025-69542 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dir-895la1, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-69542?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.