OpenWrt said none of the official images hosted on its download page, nor any custom images from 24.10.0-rc2, were affected. It reviewed the build logs of other custom images and found no foul ...
The development branch of OpenWRT hasn’t quite reached a stable ... they’ve also made their images available for download. It should be possible to flash via SSH but you might want to add ...
However, if the gear you have is supported by OpenWrt, you might not need to purchase a new router at all—just download the OpenWrt firmware and flash it onto your device, and you’re good to go.