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LG Smart TVs Vulnerable to Pre-Auth Root Takeover From Local Network

The Hacker News·October 13, 2026·1 min read
LG Smart TVs Vulnerable to Pre-Auth Root Takeover From Local Network

Three vulnerabilities in LG's webOS can be chained to give an attacker on the same local network root access to certain smart TVs without a PIN or user interaction. LG has issued a fix, according to an advisory published by SSD Secure Disclosure on October 12. The chain was tested on two models: 32LQ636BPSA and 27TQ600SW, running webOS 7.5.7-25.

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