CVE-2022-36429 Command injection in Orbi Satellite RBS750

High 7.2 Published Updated

An attacker can execute arbitrary commands on Netgear Orbi Satellites by sending malicious JSON packets to the ubus backend.

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

What is CVE-2022-36429?

CVE-2022-36429 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Netgear Rbs750 Firmware, published on 21 Mar 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A command execution vulnerability exists in the ubus backend communications functionality of Netgear Orbi Satellite RBS750 4.6.8.5. A specially-crafted JSON object can lead to arbitrary command execution. An attacker can send a sequence of malicious packets to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-912

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36429?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netgear Rbs750 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36429?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36429 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-2022-36429 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-36429 exists.

All Netgear Rbs750 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qxv5-xxxc-xw7m.

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