He detailed the vulnerability without releasing the exploit code, praising ZTE for the robust fix but criticizing the lack of transparency. "By silently patching this," Elias wrote, "ZTE has secured their users, but they have failed to warn the millions of users running the older, vulnerable version of the tool currently sitting on their laptops. If you have the old tool installed, delete it immediately."
If your firmware update page still shows "Last check: HTTP" or lacks any mention of encryption, your version is not patched . zte router firmware update tool patched