Remote Command Execution (RCE)

CVE-2024-50372

Summary

A CWE-78 “Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')” was discovered affecting the following devices manufactured by Advantech: EKI-6333AC-2G (<= 1.6.3), EKI-6333AC-2GD (<= v1.6.3) and EKI-6333AC-1GPO (<= v1.2.1). The vulnerability can be exploited by remote unauthenticated users capable of interacting with the default "edgserver" service enabled on the access point and malicious commands are executed with root privileges. No authentication is enabled on the service and the source of the vulnerability resides in processing code associated to the "backup_config_to_utility" operation.

Impact

The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated users to executed arbitrary commands with root privileges on the device.

Issue Date

November 26, 2025

Affects

The following products and firmware versions are affected: EKI-6333AC-2G ≤ v1.6.3 EKI-6333AC-2GD ≤ v1.6.3 EKI-6333AC-1GPO ≤ v1.2.1

CVE Name

CVE-2024-50372

CVSS Details

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

CVSS Score

9.8

Solution

Update affected products to the following firmware versions released by Advantech: - EKI-6333AC-2G: v1.6.5 - EKI-6333AC-2GD: v1.6.5 - EKI-6333AC-1GPO: v1.2.2

Mitigations

Acknowledgements

Diego Zaffaroni of Nozomi Networks

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