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CVE-2025-67089

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Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in the GL-iNet GL-AXT1800 router firmware v4.6.8. The vulnerability is present in the `plugins.install_package` RPC method, which fails to properly sanitize user input in package names. Authenticated attackers can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-01-08 16:15:45.333000
Last modified
2026-11-04 22:10:00.210000
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