D-Link DIR-600L Hardware Revision A1 (End-of-Life) contains a hardcoded telnet backdoor. The device starts a telnet daemon at boot via /bin/telnetd.sh with the username "Alphanetworks" and the static password "wrgn35_dlwbr_dir600l" read from /etc/alpha_config/image_sign. The custom telnetd binary accepts a -u user:password flag, and the custom login binary uses strcmp() to validate credentials. Successful authentication grants an unauthenticated attacker on the local network a root shell with full administrative control. The device has reached End-of-Life (EOL) and will not receive patches.
History

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First Time appeared D-link
D-link dir-600l Firmware
Vendors & Products D-link
D-link dir-600l Firmware

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description D-Link DIR-600L Hardware Revision A1 (End-of-Life) contains a hardcoded telnet backdoor. The device starts a telnet daemon at boot via /bin/telnetd.sh with the username "Alphanetworks" and the static password "wrgn35_dlwbr_dir600l" read from /etc/alpha_config/image_sign. The custom telnetd binary accepts a -u user:password flag, and the custom login binary uses strcmp() to validate credentials. Successful authentication grants an unauthenticated attacker on the local network a root shell with full administrative control. The device has reached End-of-Life (EOL) and will not receive patches.
Title D-Link DIR-600L A1 Hardcoded Telnet Backdoor Credentials
First Time appeared Dlink
Dlink dir-600l Firmware
Weaknesses CWE-798
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-600l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Dlink
Dlink dir-600l Firmware
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: securin

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-04T16:32:50.811Z

Reserved: 2026-04-27T06:21:56.902Z

Link: CVE-2026-42375

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T16:32:35.375Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-04T17:16:25.847

Modified: 2026-05-04T17:16:25.847

Link: CVE-2026-42375

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T18:30:05Z