CVE-2023-38120
Adtran SR400ac ping Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Adtran SR400ac routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the ping command, which is available over JSON-RPC. A crafted host parameter can trigger execution of a system call composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. . Was ZDI-CAN-20525.
Published:May 3, 2024
Last Modified:Aug 12, 2025
EPS:May 3, 2024
EPSS Score:0.01567
CVSS Score:8.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Adtran
Product
Sr400ac
Adtran
Sr400ac
Vendor
Adtran
Product
Sr400ac Firmware
Adtran
Sr400ac Firmware
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
