{
  "id": 14187245,
  "title": "LG Smart TVs Vulnerable to Pre-Auth Root Takeover From Local Network",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/lg-smart-tvs-vulnerable-to-pre-auth-root-takeover-from-local-network",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:09:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/lg-smart-tvs-vulnerable-to-pre-auth.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 any interaction from the owner. LG has issued a fix, according to an advisory published by SSD Secure Disclosure on October 12. The chain was tested on two TV models, the 32LQ636BPSA and the 27TQ600SW, running webOS 7.5.7-25 on firmware",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}