OS Command InjectionWeakness · CWE-78

CVE-2025-3499

CRITICAL · 10.0 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-07-09
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The device has two web servers that expose unauthenticated REST APIs on the management network (TCP ports 8084 and 8086). Exploiting OS command injection through these APIs, an attacker can send arbitrary commands that are executed with administrative permissions by the underlying operating system.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

The device has two unauthenticated REST APIs exposed on TCP ports 8084 and 8086 (management network) that are vulnerable to OS command injection. An attacker can send arbitrary commands that execute with administrative (root) permissions on the underlying operating system.

MitigationRestrict network access to ports 8084 and 8086, implement strong authentication on the REST APIs, and add input validation/sanitization to prevent command injection.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Identify if ports 8084 and 8086 are listening
    Run 'netstat -tuln | grep -E "8084|8086"' or 'ss -tuln | grep -E "8084|8086"' to see if these TCP ports are bound to any interface
    Affected if Ports 8084 or 8086 are in LISTEN state
  2. Determine if management network ports are exposed externally
    Check firewall rules with 'iptables -L -n' or 'ufw status' to see if ports 8084 and 8086 are open to untrusted networks
    Affected if Ports 8084 or 8086 accept connections from non-localhost interfaces
  3. Verify REST API accessibility without authentication
    Send a request to the API endpoints on ports 8084 and 8086 (e.g., curl http://localhost:8084/api or curl http://localhost:8086/api) and observe if responses are returned without requiring login credentials
    Affected if The REST APIs return valid responses without any authentication token or credentials
  4. Confirm input validation gaps in the REST API
    Test the API with benign special characters in input parameters (e.g., curl -X POST http://localhost:8084/api/endpoint -d 'param=test|ls') and check if the response indicates command execution or reveals system information
    Affected if Input containing shell metacharacters is processed without sanitization and potentially executed
  5. Compare installed product version to any documented fix
    Identify the product and version running the vulnerable service using 'ps aux | grep -i <product>', 'dpkg -l', or vendor documentation, then compare against the latest patched version from the vendor
    Affected if The installed version predates the vendor patch for this command injection vulnerability

You are affected if ports 8084 or 8086 are exposed and the REST APIs on those ports accept unauthenticated requests with unsanitized input that can trigger command injection.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Restrict network access to ports 8084 and 8086, implement strong authentication on the REST APIs, and add input validation/sanitization to prevent command injection.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation8.0 h
  • Implementation24.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA8.0 h
52.0 hours of engineering $9,160
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