CVE-2026-42373
D-Link DIR-605L B2 Hardcoded Telnet Backdoor Credentials
D-Link DIR-605L Hardware Revision B2 (End-of-Life, EOL) 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 "wrgn76_dlwbr_dir605L" 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.
| CWE | CWE-798 |
| Vendor | d-link |
| Product | dir-605l firmware |
| Published | May 4, 2026 |
| Last Updated | May 4, 2026 |
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