CVE-2024-23690

Summary

CVE-2024-23690 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the Netgear FVS336Gv2 and FVS336Gv3 devices. These end-of-life models are susceptible to a command injection vulnerability residing in their Telnet interface. An attacker, with authentication and remote access, can exploit this flaw by crafting specific "util backup_configuration" commands, thereby gaining the ability to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This vulnerability poses a significant security risk and requires immediate attention from affected users.

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