CVE-2025-67038
OS Command Injection in Lantronix EDS5000 HTTP RPC Module
Publication date: 2026-03-11
Last updated on: 2026-03-19
Assigner: MITRE
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| lantronix | eds5032_firmware | 2.1.0.0 |
| lantronix | eds5008_firmware | 2.1.0.0 |
| lantronix | eds5016_firmware | 2.1.0.0 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-94 | The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists in the Lantronix EDS5000 version 2.1.0.0R3, specifically in its HTTP RPC module. When a user's authentication fails, the module attempts to write logs by executing a shell command. However, the username provided by the user is directly concatenated into this shell command without any sanitization or validation.
Because of this lack of sanitization, an attacker can inject arbitrary operating system commands into the username parameter. These injected commands are then executed with root privileges, which means the attacker can run any command on the system with the highest level of access.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can have severe impacts because it allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system with root privileges.
- Complete system compromise by executing malicious commands.
- Potential unauthorized access to sensitive data.
- Disruption of service or system stability through malicious commands.
- Installation of persistent backdoors or malware.
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