CVE-2021-20991 Fibaro Home Center Authenticated remote command execution

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands as root on Fibaro Home Center devices via a command injection flaw.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-20991?

CVE-2021-20991 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Fibaro Home Center, published on 19 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Fibaro Home Center 2 and Lite devices with firmware version 4.540 and older an authenticated user can run commands as root user using a command injection vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-77, CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20991?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fibaro Home Center 2 Firmware, Fibaro Home Center Lite Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20991?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20991 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2021-20991 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20991 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2v74-gvxm-8wmq.

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