# CVE-2026-7865: Hidden Console Command

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands on Crestron Touchpanels via a hidden console command injection vulnerability.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 May 2026
- **Updated:** 6 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m8qg-qjx9-mfv3

## What is CVE-2026-7865?

CVE-2026-7865 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Crestron Electronics Touchpanels (x60/x70), published on 5 May 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A hidden console command is vulnerable to command injection
flaw when control characters are passed to its second argument. 

A third party researcher Eugene Lim had discovered vulnerability
in the way console command passes to a popen function call. Attackers with
authenticated access to SSH console of Crestron devices may use to run
underlying OS commands.

Weakness: CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7865?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-7865?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-7865 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-7865 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-7865 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-7865 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Crestron Electronics Touchpanels (x60/x70), published on 5 May 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Crestron Electronics Touchpanels (x60/x70). 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-2026-7865/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7865/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7865
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7865
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-7865

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7865/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.