CVE-2025-67038

CRITICALCVSS 9.8/10Actively ExploitedEPSS 1.13%

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CVE-2025-67038 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in Lantronix EDS5000 2.1.0.0R3. The HTTP RPC module executes a shell command to write logs when user's authantication fails. CISA has confirmed active exploitation in the wild. EPSS estimates a 1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

An issue was discovered in Lantronix EDS5000 2.1.0.0R3. The HTTP RPC module executes a shell command to write logs when user's authantication fails. The username is directly concatenated with the command without any sanitization. This allow attackers to inject arbitrary OS commands into the username parameter. Injected commands are executed with root privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
9.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability
1.13%

62.4th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Exploitation Status

This vulnerability is listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirming active exploitation in the wild. Federal agencies must remediate by .

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
LantronixEds5032 Firmware2.1.0.0r3
LantronixEds5008 Firmware2.1.0.0r3
LantronixEds5016 Firmware2.1.0.0r3

References

Timeline

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Status
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-67038?
An issue was discovered in Lantronix EDS5000 2.1.0.0R3. The HTTP RPC module executes a shell command to write logs when user's authantication fails. The username is directly concatenated with the command without any sanitization. This allow attackers to inject arbitrary OS commands into the username parameter. Injected commands are executed with root privileges.
How severe is CVE-2025-67038?
CVE-2025-67038 has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 (CRITICAL severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.13% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. This vulnerability is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
How do I fix CVE-2025-67038?
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Source: NVD / NIST