CVE-2018-5265 — Ubiquiti EdgeOS 1.9.1 on EdgeRouter Lite devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with admin credentials, because /opt/vyatta/share/vyatta-cfg/templates/system/static-host-mapping/host-name/node.def does not sanitize the 'alias' or 'ips' parameter for shell metacharacters

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Ubiquiti EdgeOS 1.9.1 on EdgeRouter Lite devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with admin credentials, because /opt/vyatta/share/vyatta-cfg/templates/system/static-host-mapping/host-name/node.def does not sanitize the 'alias' or 'ips' parameter for shell metacharacters

Published Jun 7, 2019

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.93%

Description

Ubiquiti EdgeOS 1.9.1 on EdgeRouter Lite devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with admin credentials, because /opt/vyatta/share/vyatta-cfg/templates/system/static-host-mapping/host-name/node.def does not sanitize the 'alias' or 'ips' parameter for shell metacharacters.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.93% 0.02926

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02926

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (17 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.93% (0.02926)	86.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.98% (0.02980)	85.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	2.89% (0.02885)	85.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	11.46% (0.11460)	89.29th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.40% (0.02397)	83.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jul 20, 2024	0.46% (0.00455)	75.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.46% (0.00455)	74.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 27, 2023	0.46% (0.00455)	71.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.44% (0.00436)	70.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.16% (0.01156)	61.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.16% (0.01156)	60.36th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.16% (0.01156)	58.36th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.16% (0.01156)	34.92th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.92% (0.00918)	25.93th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	0.92% (0.00918)	25.29th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	0.92% (0.00918)	60.61th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.92% (0.00918)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-78

OS Command Injection

References (1)

https://www.red4sec.com/cve/edgerouter_lite.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://www.red4sec.com/cve/edgerouter_lite.txt		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 7, 2019

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2018

Link CVE-2018-5265

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-5265

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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