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.

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)

EPSS: 0.084 (94.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Dlink Dir-895la1
Dlink Dir-895la1_firmware — versions 102b07
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.