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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-36109 json

ASUS RT-AX86U router firmware below version under 9.0.0.4_386 has a buffer overflow in the blocking_request.cgi function of the httpd modul…

published 2021-02-01 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-23687

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ASUS RT-AX86U router firmware below version under 9.0.0.4_386 has a buffer overflow in the blocking_request.cgi function of the httpd module that can cause code execution when an attacker constructs malicious data.

Patch / fix

  • asus rt-ax86u_firmware 9.0.0.4_386

Exploit prediction

4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.