Check Point Advisories

D-Link DIR-818L Command Injection (CVE-2025-8956)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-14031
Date Published:	29 Mar 2026
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 29 March, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-8956
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	D-Link DIR-818L up to 1.05B01
Vulnerability Description	A command injection vulnerability exists in D-Link DIR-818L. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to execute system arbitrary commands in the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the D-Link DIR-818L Command Injection (CVE-2025-8956) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: D-Link DIR-818L Command Injection (CVE-2025-8956)