# CVE-2025-22368: Mennekes smart/premium charges systems, Command injection in sCU firmware update

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands on Mennekes Smart/Premium charging stations via improper neutralization in firmware update fields.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 1 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8v2j-3jg9-6qr6

## What is CVE-2025-22368?

CVE-2025-22368 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Mennekes Smart / Premium charging stations, published on 11 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The authenticated SCU firmware command of the firmware for Mennekes Smart / Premium Chargingpoints can be abused for command execution because OS commands are improperly neutralized when certain fields are passed to the underlying OS.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command), CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22368?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-22368?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22368 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-22368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22368 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22368 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Mennekes Smart / Premium charging stations, published on 11 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mennekes Smart / Premium charging stations. 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-2025-22368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22368/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22368
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22368
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22368

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22368/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.