CVE-2025-2172 Command injection in Controller
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Aviatrix Controller by injecting special characters into filenames due to insufficient input sanitization.
- 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-2025-2172?
CVE-2025-2172 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Aviatrix Controller, published on 23 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Aviatrix Controller versions prior to 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, and 8.0.0 fail to sanitize user input prior to passing the input to command line utilities, allowing command injection via special characters in filenames
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2172?
How do I fix CVE-2025-2172?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2172 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-2025-2172 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-2172 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wr65-2r27-crgw.