CVE-2025-14213 Cato's Socket WebUI is vulnerable to OS Command Injection
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands as root via the Socket WebUI, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2025-14213?
CVE-2025-14213 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cato Networks Socket, published on 31 Mar 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cato Networks’ Socket versions prior to 25 contain a command injection vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker with access to the Socket web interface (UI) to execute arbitrary operating system commands as the root user on the Socket’s internal system.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14213?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14213?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14213 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-2025-14213 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14213 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x58h-63cq-h3q4.