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CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-66747
ENDLESSDOORS: Zbtlink Router rctl/kworker Phone-Home Root Implant
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 5, 2026, 11:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 5, 2026, 3:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-66747 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL MITRE-CVE
CVSS 4.0 CRITICAL 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
CVSS 4.0 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Apply firmware updates to remove the embedded implant and its hardcoded C2 communication.
  • Update router firmware to the latest version.
  • Disable remote management features.
  • Monitor network traffic for suspicious connections.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2026-66747.

URL Resource
https://github.com/ycsunjane/rctl
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zbt-endlessdoors
https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/zbt-endlessdoors
https://www.zbtlink.com/pages/zbt-router-firmware-download
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 05, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-66747', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'poc'}, {'automatable': 'yes'}, {'technicalImpact': 'total'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-08-05T14:19:25.533200Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 05, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:cpe2801_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'CPE2801 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '22.10.09', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we1026-5g-wd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE1026-5G-WD Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '21.04.07', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we1326_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE1326 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '22.02.18_1', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we2007_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE2007 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '23.08.12', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we2008-dsim_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE2008-DSIM Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '23.08.11', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we2416_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE2416 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '21.03.22_1', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we3326_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE3326 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '20.09.30', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we5927_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE5927 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '22.08.10', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we5931_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE5931 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '22.05.31', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we5931ac_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE5931AC Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '22.05.31', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:we826-t3-dsim_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WE826-T3-DSIM Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '21.12.21', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:wg108_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WG108 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '21.08.06_1', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:wg209_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WG209 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '21.07.28', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:wg259_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WG259 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '21.03.23', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:wg1602_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WG1602 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '23.10.11', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:wg1608-dsim_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WG1608-DSIM Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '23.03.16', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:wg2105_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WG2105 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '22.05.30', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:wg2107_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WG2107 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '22.09.08', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:wg3526_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'WG3526 Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '22.11.01', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['MIPS', 'ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:2.3:o:zbtlink:z8102ax_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*'], 'vendor': 'Zbtlink', 'product': 'ZBT-Z8102AX-2SIM Firmware', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.6.7.2-25.0814_114432', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['ARM'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-506
    Added Reference https://github.com/ycsunjane/rctl
    Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zbt-endlessdoors
    Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/zbt-endlessdoors
    Added Reference https://www.zbtlink.com/pages/zbt-router-firmware-download
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.