CVE-2020-8233 Command injection in EdgeSwitch firmware v1.9.0 and prior

What is CVE-2020-8233?

CVE-2020-8233 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Opensuse Backports Sle, published on 17 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an authenticated read-only user to execute arbitrary shell commands over the HTTP interface, allowing them to escalate privileges.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8233?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap, Ui Edgeswitch Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8233?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2020-8233 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8233 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Backports Sle

• CVE-2020-12641 Roundcube Webmail Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-12640 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-8026 inn: non-root owned files High 8.4
• CVE-2020-15229 Path traversal and files overwrite with unsquashfs High 8.2
• CVE-2019-5164 Command injection in Shadowsocks High 7.8

All Opensuse Backports Sle vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-wg23-cr77-5r75.