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CVE-2026-49188

Acer Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router — Elevated Root Command Execution via ai_cmd Sockets

EPSS 0.3%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 24.7.247 × 204.9No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

The ai_cmd utility executes with full root permissions. It pipes socket inputs directly to popen(), paving the way for unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary root commands.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router≤ M6E_AI_1.00.000019–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Acer (CNA)8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refcommunity.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19707