What is CVE-2024-12009?

CVE-2024-12009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zyxel Ax7501-B0, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-12009?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Zyxel Ax7501-B0

CVE-2024-12009

A post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the "ZyEE" function of the Zyxel EX5601-T1 firmware version V5.70(ACDZ.3.6)C0 and earlier could allow an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute operating system (OS) commands on a vulnerable device.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2025-03-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12009?: CVE-2024-12009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zyxel Ax7501-B0, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-12009?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.