CVE-2021-37028 Command injection in EchoLife HG8045Q

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

Administrators can execute arbitrary commands on Huawei HG8045Q devices if the CLI is enabled, requiring a patch to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-37028?

CVE-2021-37028 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in EchoLife HG8045Q, published on 13 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is a command injection vulnerability in the HG8045Q product. When the command-line interface is enabled, which is disabled by default, attackers with administrator privilege could execute part of commands.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37028?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Hg8045q Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-37028?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-37028 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-2021-37028 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37028 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hghr-6gj9-99m4.

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