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CVE-2017-8116

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The management interface for the Teltonika RUT9XX routers (aka LuCI) with firmware 00.03.265 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the username parameter in a login request.

Affected products

• Teltonika Rut900 Firmware: through 00.03.265
• Teltonika Rut905 Firmware: through 00.03.265
• Teltonika Rut950 Firmware: through 00.03.265
• Teltonika Rut955 Firmware: through 00.03.265

References

• https://github.com/nettitude/metasploit-modules/blob/master/teltonika_add_user.rb
• https://github.com/nettitude/metasploit-modules/blob/master/teltonika_cmd_exec.rb
• https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2017-8116-teltonika-router-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution/
• https://github.com/nettitude/metasploit-modules/blob/master/teltonika_add_user.rb
• https://github.com/nettitude/metasploit-modules/blob/master/teltonika_cmd_exec.rb
• https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2017-8116-teltonika-router-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution/

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