# CVE-2024-23971: ChargePoint Home Flex OCPP bswitch Command Injection

> Network-adjacent attackers can execute arbitrary code as root on ChargePoint Home Flex stations via unvalidated OCPP messages.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v92x-m54x-rp94

## What is CVE-2024-23971?

CVE-2024-23971 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in ChargePoint Home Flex, published on 30 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of ChargePoint Home Flex charging stations. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of OCPP messages. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23971?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Chargepoint Home Flex Hardwired Firmware, Chargepoint Home Flex Nema 14-50 Plug Firmware, Chargepoint Home Flex Nema 6-50 Plug Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23971 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ChargePoint Home Flex

- [CVE-2024-23920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23920/): ChargePoint Home Flex Improper Access Control (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-23921](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23921/): ChargePoint Home Flex Command Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-23968](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23968/): ChargePoint Home Flex SrvrToSmSetAutoChnlListMsg Stack-based Buffer Overflow (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-23969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23969/): ChargePoint Home Flex wlanchnllst Out-Of-Bounds Write (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-23970](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23970/): ChargePoint Home Flex Improper Certificate Validation (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23971 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23971 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in ChargePoint Home Flex, published on 30 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ChargePoint Home Flex. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23971/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23971/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23971
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23971
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23971

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23971/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.