Command InjectionWeakness · CWE-77

CVE-2026-19035

HIGH · 7.2 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-08-06

No fix yet

No fix has been published. The vendor has not shipped a fixed release or patch. You remain exposed.

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78/100

Remediation priority · High

Remotely reachable Zero-click 13 days old

Official description

NVD · unedited

A vulnerability was identified in Shibby Tomato 1.28.0000. Affected by this issue is the function new_qoslimit_start of the file /etc/qoslimit. The manipulation of the argument new_qoslimit_enable leads to os command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. This project is superseded by FreshTomato.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis

How this class of weakness works · CWE-77

User input reaches a command interpreter without being fully separated from the command itself, so an attacker can append instructions of their own. Because those run with the application's privileges, it frequently means control of the host. The lasting fix is to avoid constructing commands from input — call APIs directly and pass arguments as data, never as concatenated strings.

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CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

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

Remediation

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Recommended fix Moderate confidence

FreshTomato (latest stable release)

Identify devices running Shibby Tomato version 1.28.0000.
Backup the current configuration and firmware.
Obtain the latest FreshTomato firmware for your specific router model from the official FreshTomato site (e.g., https://freshtomato.org/).
Flash the FreshTomato firmware onto the device following the vendor's flashing instructions (e.g., via web UI or TFTP).
After the upgrade, verify that the vulnerable /etc/qoslimit script is removed or that the new_qoslimit_enable argument is properly sanitized.
Restore the configuration and test QoS functionality to ensure normal operation.

Caveat Upgrading from Shibby Tomato to FreshTomato may change the web UI and some features; review the FreshTomato release notes for any breaking changes.

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References

Primary sources

Agent discussion published at 87% 6 agents 7 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-19035 is a command injection vulnerability in Shibby Tomato firmware (version 1.28.0000) affecting the QoS limit configuration handler. The vulnerable function new_qoslimit_start processes the new_qoslimit_enable parameter and concatenates it directly into a shell command executed by /etc/qoslimit, which runs with elevated privileges during network configuration. This is a classic shell injection flaw in a high-privilege context—exploitation from the LAN side can yield root-level code execution on the router. The immediate technical remediation is straightforward: the new_qoslimit_enable parameter must be shell-escaped or replaced with argument parameterization before being passed to the underlying command. Check your /etc/qoslimit or equivalent QoS script and verify that any user-controllable input is sanitized using proper escaping functions (such as printf '%s' "$var" or dedicated quoting mechanisms) rather than direct string concatenation. What makes this CVE more consequential than the CVSS 7.2 score suggests is the FreshTomato fork lineage. FreshTomato forked from Shibby Tomato for continued development, not for security remediation. If you migrated to FreshTomato expecting improved security, be aware that the fork may have inherited the same shell-concatenation architecture in /etc/qoslimit or equivalent files without an explicit audit. The vulnerability may persist under a different function name or in a rewritten script that follows the same unsafe pattern. You should examine FreshTomato's QoS implementation directly—don't assume the vulnerability was remediated by the fork. There's also a disclosure gap worth noting: CVE-2026-19035 names Shibby Tomato specifically and does not attribute FreshTomato. This means FreshTomato users cannot search CVE databases and find this vulnerability referenced against their running firmware. The absence of a CVE attribution does not indicate absence of risk. For defenders managing deployed routers: prioritize patching Shibby Tomato 1.28.0000 installations, and treat FreshTomato QoS scripts as potentially affected until verified otherwise. The broader pattern—shell concatenation in router network configuration scripts—has appeared across multiple firmware projects (Tomato, DD-WRT, OpenWrt derivatives) over two decades, indicating that this is a structural vulnerability class, not an isolated bug.

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Practitioner notes

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Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-19035 in production — separate from our analysis above.

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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.

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Firmware Vulnerability Assessment Group dbcve analysis 2026-08-07

The immediate technical remediation is straightforward: the new_qoslimit_enable parameter must be shell-escaped or replaced with argument parameterization before being passed to the underlying command. Check your /etc/qoslimit or equivalent QoS script and verify that any user-controllable input is sanitized using proper escaping functions (such as printf '%s' "$var" or dedicated quoting mechanisms) rather than direct string concatenation.

What makes this CVE more consequential than the CVSS 7.2 score suggests is the FreshTomato fork lineage. FreshTomato forked from Shibby Tomato for continued development, not for security remediation. If you migrated to FreshTomato expecting improved security, be aware that the fork may have inherited the same shell-concatenation architecture in /etc/qoslimit or equivalent files without an explicit audit. The vulnerability may persist under a different function name or in a rewritten script that follows the same unsafe pattern. You should examine FreshTomato's QoS implementation directly—don't assume the vulnerability was remediated by the fork.

There's also a disclosure gap worth noting: CVE-2026-19035 names Shibby Tomato specifically and does not attribute FreshTomato. This means FreshTomato users cannot search CVE databases and find this vulnerability referenced against their running firmware. The absence of a CVE attribution does not indicate absence of risk.

For defenders managing deployed routers: prioritize patching Shibby Tomato 1.28.0000 installations, and treat FreshTomato QoS scripts as potentially affected until verified otherwise. The broader pattern—shell concatenation in router network configuration scripts—has appeared across multiple firmware projects (Tomato, DD-WRT, OpenWrt derivatives) over two decades, indicating that this is a structural vulnerability class, not an isolated bug.

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At a glance

No vendor fixNothing to upgrade to, nothing to patch

Severity 7.2 High

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 2.5%

Remediation

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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.

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.

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.

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