Acemanager in ALEOS before version 4.16 allows a user with valid credentials to manipulate the IP logging operation to execute arbitrary sh…

published 2023-02-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-49452

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

Acemanager in ALEOS before version 4.16 allows a user with valid credentials to manipulate the IP logging operation to execute arbitrary shell commands on the device.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-23-026-04 updated 2023-01-26 cvss 8.0

Sierra Wireless AirLink Router with ALEOS Software

Sierra Wireless Airlink Router (ES450, GX450) running ALEOS software <= 4.9.7 Sierra Wireless Airlink Router (MP70, RV50, RV50x, RV55, LX 40, LX60) running ALEOS software < 4.16.0
affected: mitigation “Upgrade MP70, RV50, RV50x, RV55, LX 40, LX60 to ALEOS version 4.16.0 or later” sierrawireless.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-24)

Exploit prediction

2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

otorio.com https://www.otorio.com/blog/airlink-acemanager-vulnerabilities/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a ALEOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

otorio.com /blog/airlink-acemanager-vulnerabilities/
exploit, third-party-advisory
source.sierrawireless.com /resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2023-001/
vendor-advisory
cisa.gov /uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-23-026-04
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-46649
NVD CVE-2022-46649

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Summary