# CVE-2019-15065: A vulnerability was discovered in HiNet GPON firmware < I040GWR190731 that allows an attacker to read arbitrary files

> An attacker can read arbitrary files on HiNet GPON devices via a service on port 6998, exposing sensitive information.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-29g8-w5j3-pph4

## What is CVE-2019-15065?

CVE-2019-15065 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in HiNET GPON, published on 17 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A service which is hosted on port 6998 in HiNet GPON firmware < I040GWR190731 allows an attacker to execute a specific command to read arbitrary files. CVSS 3.0 Base score 9.3. CVSS vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15065?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hinet Gpon Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-15065?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-15065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HiNET GPON

- [CVE-2019-13411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13411/): A remote command execution vulnerability was discovered in HiNet GPON firmware < I040GWR190731 port 3097 (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-15066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15066/): A remote command execution vulnerability was discovered in HiNet GPON firmware < I040GWR190731 port 6998 (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-15064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15064/): HiNet GPON firmware version < I040GWR190731 allows a user login to device without any authentication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-13412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13412/): A vulnerability was discovered in HiNet GPON firmware < I040GWR190731 that allows an attacker to read arbitrary files (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-15065 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-15065 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in HiNET GPON, published on 17 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HiNET GPON. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15065/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15065/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15065
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15065
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15065

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