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high 7.2

CVE-2023-26213 json

On Barracuda CloudGen WAN Private Edge Gateway devices before 8 webui-sdwan-1089-8.3.1-174141891, an OS command injection vulnerability exi…

published 2023-03-03 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-30038

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.9%
EPSS 7.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

On Barracuda CloudGen WAN Private Edge Gateway devices before 8 webui-sdwan-1089-8.3.1-174141891, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in /ajax/update_certificate - a crafted HTTP request allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands. For example, a name field can contain :password and a password field can contain shell metacharacters.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

7.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Mar/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sec-consult.com https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/os-command-injection-in-barracuda-cloudgen-wan/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

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

References

Sources

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