CVE-2026-66747
ENDLESSDOORS: Zbtlink Router rctl/kworker Phone-Home Root Implant
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 27, 2026
Description
Zbtlink router firmware ships an embedded remote-control implant, ENDLESSDOORS, present in every published build across the product line. It is the open-source ycsunjane/rctl tool built in as an OpenWrt package (librctl.so), started at boot and run as root under the process name kworker to blend in with the kernel's [kworker/*] threads. It opens no listening port; it phones home over cleartext TCP to a hardcoded command-and-control server (command channel 7000, interactive-shell callback 7001) with no authentication and no transport encryption, re-attempting contact roughly every 35 seconds. Its command handler passes any received string to popen() as uid=0, and a reserved rctlbash command returns an interactive root shell. Because the channel is unauthenticated and cleartext, control is not limited to whoever planted it: any party that answers at the C2 address, occupies the network path (DNS or route hijack), or acquires the hardcoded fallback domain obtains unauthenticated remote code execution as root.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
CPE2801 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE1026-5G-WD FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE1326 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE2007 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE2008-DSIM FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE2416 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE3326 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE5927 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE5931 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE5931AC FirmwareZbtlink |
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WE826-T3-DSIM FirmwareZbtlink |
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WG108 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WG209 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WG259 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WG1602 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WG1608-DSIM FirmwareZbtlink |
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WG2105 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WG2107 FirmwareZbtlink |
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WG3526 FirmwareZbtlink |
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ZBT-Z8102AX-2SIM FirmwareZbtlink |
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References
- VulnCheck Research Blogtechnical-descriptionexploit
- Vendor Firmware Download Pageproduct
- Upstream Open Source rctl
- VulnCheck Advisorythird-party-advisory
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