CVE-2026-8228: Wavlink Wl-NU516U1 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 8.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A security vulnerability has been detected in Wavlink NU516U1 240425. Impacted is the function advance of the file /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument wlan_conf/Channel/skiplist/ieee_80211h leads to os command injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

Affected products

• Wavlink Wl-NU516U1 Firmware: version m16u1_v240425 only

Published 2026-05-10. Last modified 2026-07-24.