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High · 7.7 CVE-2020-5242 EUVD-2020-26459

openHAB exec add-ons allow remote arbitrary command execution

Published Feb 20, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

openHAB before 2.5.2 allow a remote attacker to use REST calls to install the EXEC binding or EXEC transformation service and execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running openHAB. Starting with version 2.5.2 all commands need to be whitelisted in a local file which cannot be changed via REST calls.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openhab openhab-addons < 2.5.2 —

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