RCE in Pavel-Odintsov Fastnetmon
CVE-2026-48687
FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the Juniper router integration plugin. The _log() function in src/juniper_plugin/fastnetmon_juniper.php (lines 117-118) constructs shell commands by concatenating the $msg parameter directly into exec() calls: exec("echo `date` \"- {FASTNETMON] - " . $msg . " \" >> " . $FILE_LOG_TMP). The $msg variable contains unsanitized data derived from command-line arguments argv[1] through argv[3], which represent the attack IP address, direction, and power. While FastNetMon's C++ core currently passes IP addresses via inet_ntoa() (which only produces safe dotted-decimal notation), the PHP script performs no input validation or shell escaping. If the script is invoked directly, by another orchestration system, or if future code changes pass string-sourced IPs, arbitrary commands can be injected. The correct fix is to replace exec() with file_put_contents() or use escapeshellarg() on all parameters.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.027 · change: +0.010
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon (Product)
- github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/juniper_plugin/fastnetmon_… (Product)
- lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48687-juniper-cmd-injection (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-48687?
- CVE-2026-48687 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pavel-Odintsov Fastnetmon, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-05-26.
- How severe is CVE-2026-48687?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.