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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-7255

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the web management interface of Zyxel WRE6505 v2 firmware…

Published May 12, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · wre6505 firmware

Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-7255. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of wre6505 firmware is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.20%
Remediation
Not established
Affected products
cpe zyxel/wre6505 firmware

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the web management interface of Zyxel WRE6505 v2 firmware version V1.00(ABDV.3)C0 could allow an adjacent attacker on the LAN to brute-force the password and bypass authentication.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe zyxel/wre6505 firmwarev1.00\(abdv.3\)c0

How to fix CVE-2026-7255

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-7255. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of wre6505 firmware is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with zyxel/wre6505 firmware v1.00\(abdv.3\)c0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. EPSS 0.20%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 12, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the web management interface of Zyxel WRE6505 v2 firmware version V1.00(ABDV.3)C0 could allow an adjacent attacker on the LAN to brute-force the password and bypass authentication.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the web management interface of Zyxel WRE6505 v2 firmware version V1.00(ABDV.3)C0 could allow an adjacent attacker on the LAN to brute-force the password and bypass authentication.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-7255

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-7255

    30-day exploitation probability 0.20%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-7255

    ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the web management interface of Zyxel WRE6505 v2 firmware version V1.00(ABDV.3)C0 could allow an adjacent attacker on the LAN to brute-force the password and bypass authe

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 22, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 16, 2026