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CVE-2023-4212: Trane Thermostats Injection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

​A command injection vulnerability exists in Trane XL824, XL850, XL1050, and Pivot thermostats allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root using a specially crafted filename. The vulnerability requires physical access to the device via a USB stick.

Affected products

• Trane Pivot Firmware: through 1.8
• Trane Xl1050 Firmware: through 5.9.8
• Trane Xl824 Firmware: through 5.9.8
• Trane Xl850 Firmware: through 5.9.8

References

• https://https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-234-02
• https://hub.tranetechnologies.com/docs/DOC-216377
• https://www.trane.com/commercial/north-america/us/en/contact-us/locate-sales-offices.html
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-234-02
• https://https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-234-02
• https://hub.tranetechnologies.com/docs/DOC-216377
• https://www.trane.com/commercial/north-america/us/en/contact-us/locate-sales-offices.html

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