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CVE-2018-12591
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2018-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-78
Description
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeSwitch version 1.7.3 and prior suffer from an improperly neutralized element in an OS command due to lack of protection on the admin CLI, leading to code execution and privilege escalation greater than administrators themselves are allowed. An attacker with access to an admin account could escape the restricted CLI and execute arbitrary shell instructions.
Affected products
- Ubnt Edgeswitch Firmware: through 1.7.3
References
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