CVE-2023-4212 Trane Thermostats Injection
Attackers with physical access can execute arbitrary root commands on Trane thermostats via a malicious USB stick filename.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-4212?
CVE-2023-4212 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Trane Technologies Pivot Thermostat, published on 22 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A command injection vulnerability exists in Trane XL824, XL850, XL1050, and Pivot thermostats allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root using a specially crafted filename. The vulnerability requires physical access to the device via a USB stick.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4212?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Trane Pivot Firmware, Trane Xl1050 Firmware, Trane Xl824 Firmware, Trane Xl850 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4212?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4212 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-2023-4212 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4212 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-866w-mhv5-886h.