CVE-2025-67038
CRITICAL KEV CISA Exploitation: ACTIVE
9.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
An issue was discovered in Lantronix EDS5000 2.1.0.0R3. The HTTP RPC module executes a shell command to write logs when user's authantication fails. The username is directly concatenated with the command without any sanitization. This allow attackers to inject arbitrary OS commands into the username parameter. Injected commands are executed with root privileges.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
CISA description
Lantronix EDS5000 contains a code injection vulnerability that could allow attackers to inject arbitrary OS commands into the username parameter. Injected commands are executed with root privileges.
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | — | n/a |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| — | cna | n/a |
| CWE-94 | adp | CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
CVSS scores (1)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | CRITICAL | 3.1 | adp | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |