A CWE-78 "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')" was discovered affecting the following devices manufactured by Advantech: EKI-6333AC-2G (<= 1.6.3), EKI-6333AC-2GD (<= v1.6.3) and EKI-6333AC-1GPO (<= v1.2.1). The vulnerability can be exploited by remote unauthenticated users capable of interacting with the default "edgserver" service enabled on the access point and malicious commands are executed with root privileges. No authentication is enabled on the service and the source of the vulnerability resides in processing code associated to the "cfg_cmd_set_eth_conf" operation.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-45068 A CWE-78 "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')" was discovered affecting the following devices manufactured by Advantech: EKI-6333AC-2G (<= 1.6.3), EKI-6333AC-2GD (<= v1.6.3) and EKI-6333AC-1GPO (<= v1.2.1). The vulnerability can be exploited by remote unauthenticated users capable of interacting with the default "edgserver" service enabled on the access point and malicious commands are executed with root privileges. No authentication is enabled on the service and the source of the vulnerability resides in processing code associated to the "cfg_cmd_set_eth_conf" operation.
Fixes

Solution

Update affected products to the following firmware versions released by Advantech: - EKI-6333AC-2G: v1.6.5 - EKI-6333AC-2GD: v1.6.5 - EKI-6333AC-1GPO: v1.2.2


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 03:15:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Advantech
Advantech eki-6333ac-1gpo
Advantech eki-6333ac-1gpo Firmware
Advantech eki-6333ac-2g
Advantech eki-6333ac-2g Firmware
Advantech eki-6333ac-2gd
Advantech eki-6333ac-2gd Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:advantech:eki-6333ac-1gpo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:advantech:eki-6333ac-2g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:advantech:eki-6333ac-2gd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-6333ac-1gpo_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-6333ac-2g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-6333ac-2gd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Advantech
Advantech eki-6333ac-1gpo
Advantech eki-6333ac-1gpo Firmware
Advantech eki-6333ac-2g
Advantech eki-6333ac-2g Firmware
Advantech eki-6333ac-2gd
Advantech eki-6333ac-2gd Firmware

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:15:00 +0900

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Description A CWE-78 "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')" was discovered affecting the following devices manufactured by Advantech: EKI-6333AC-2G (<= 1.6.3), EKI-6333AC-2GD (<= v1.6.3) and EKI-6333AC-1GPO (<= v1.2.1). The vulnerability can be exploited by remote unauthenticated users capable of interacting with the default "edgserver" service enabled on the access point and malicious commands are executed with root privileges. No authentication is enabled on the service and the source of the vulnerability resides in processing code associated to the "cfg_cmd_set_eth_conf" operation.
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Nozomi

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-26T14:19:26.395Z

Reserved: 2024-10-23T07:55:58.311Z

Link: CVE-2024-50370

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-11-26T11:22:05.563

Modified: 2026-01-23T18:13:51.613

Link: CVE-2024-50370

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses