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Ubiquiti Inc. · Report #796414

Readonly to Root Privilege Escalation on EdgeSwitch

Validstatus
highseverity
27upvotes
23 May 2021disclosed

Summary

An authenticated read-only user can execute arbitrary shell commands over the HTTP interface, allowing them to escalate privileges. These vulnerabilities were found on EdgeSwitch 1G switch (ESWH) and EdgeSwitch 10G switch (ESGH) firmware v1.9.0.

The fix for these vulnerabilities were included in the EdgeMax EdgeSwitch firmware v1.9.1 For more details please visit:

https://community.ui.com/releases/EdgeMAX-EdgeSwitch-Firmware-v1-9-1-v1-9-1/8a87dfc5-70f5-4055-8d67-570db1f5695c

https://www.ui.com/download/edgemax

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