What is CVE-2025-8473?

CVE-2025-8473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alpsalpine Ilx-507, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2025-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-8473?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-8473 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Alpsalpine Ilx-507

CVE-2025-8473

Alpine iLX-507 UPDM_wstpCBCUpdStart Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Alpine iLX-507 devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the UPDM_wstpCBCUpdStart function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-26317.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Alpsalpine Ilx-507
Alpsalpine Ilx-507_firmware — versions 6.0.000
Alpine Ilx-507 — versions 6.0.000

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (x_research-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8473?: CVE-2025-8473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alpsalpine Ilx-507, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2025-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-8473?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8473 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.