What is CVE-2017-15226?

CVE-2017-15226 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zyxel Nbg6716, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-15226?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Zyxel Nbg6716

CVE-2017-15226

Zyxel NBG6716 V1.00(AAKG.9)C0 devices allow command injection in the ozkerz component because beginIndex and endIndex are used directly in a popen call.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Zyxel Nbg6716
Zyxel Nbg6716_firmware — versions 1.00\(aakg.9\)c0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15226?: CVE-2017-15226 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zyxel Nbg6716, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-15226?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.