D-Link DIR-895LA1 102b07 DHCP Daemon Service Hostname command injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in D-Link DIR-895LA1 102b07. Affected is an unknown function of the component DHCP Daemon Service. The manipulation of the argument Hostname leads to command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-69542. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-895LA1 102b07 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component DHCP Daemon Service. The manipulation of the argument hostname with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Command Injection Vulnerability has been discovered in the DHCP daemon service of D-Link DIR895LA1 v102b07. The vulnerability exists in the lease renewal processing logic where the DHCP hostname parameter is directly concatenated into a system command without proper sanitization. When a DHCP client renews an existing lease with a malicious hostname, arbitrary commands can be executed with root privileges.

It is possible to read the advisory at tzh00203.notion.site. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-69542 since 01/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/10/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Router Operating System

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• D-Link

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• DIR-895LA1

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• 102b07

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dlink.com/

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