China-Made ZBT Routers Ship With Two Implants Giving Unauthenticated Attackers Root Access

August 27, 2026 · 7:31 pm 2 sources

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• Chinese Routers Sold Worldwide Contain Backdoors
  Dark Reading · August 27, 2026 19:31
  An untold number of ZBT routers sold around the world as white-label products come with several implants built by the manufacturer.

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• China-Made ZBT Routers Ship With Two Implants Giving Unauthenticated Attackers Root Access
  The Hacker News · August 28, 2026 10:58
  VulnCheck has disclosed two previously undocumented factory implants in firmware for routers built by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics (ZBT), each of which gives an unauthenticated remote attacker the ability to run commands as root on affected devices. The implants, named SPEAKINGSTONE and…