What is CVE-2026-10164?

CVE-2026-10164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edimax Br-6478ac, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2026-10164?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Edimax Br-6478ac

CVE-2026-10164

A vulnerability was found in Edimax BR-6478AC 1.23. Impacted is the function formUSBFolder of the file /goform/formUSBFolder of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument ShareName/SelectName results in buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-05-31 · last modified 2026-07-22.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Edimax Br-6478ac — versions 1.23

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

vuldb.com/vuln/367417 (technical-description, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/vuln/367417/cti (signature, permissions-required)
vuldb.com/submit/818600 (third-party-advisory)
lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/EDIMAX-BR6478ACV2-formUSBFolder-34b53a41781f80… (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-10164?: CVE-2026-10164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edimax Br-6478ac, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2026-10164?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.