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CVE-2025-62193: NOAA PMEL Live Access Server (LAS) PyFerret command injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 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: 2026-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Sites running NOAA PMEL Live Access Server (LAS) are vulnerable to remote code execution via specially crafted requests that include PyFerret expressions. By leveraging a SPAWN command, a remote, unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands. Fixed in a version of 'gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.filter.RequestInputFilter.java' from 2025-09-24.

Affected products

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Live Access Server (LAS): 8

References

• https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/LAS/blob/main/README.md
• https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/LAS/commit/de5f9237bfd4ac5085bcc49a6e30bbc9507ddb29
• https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/LAS/commit/e69afb1898ae7e69f3e047513fc1e5570373912b
• https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/LAS/compare/b4b7306..de5f923
• https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/LAS/tree/main
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-26-015-01.json
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62193

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