CVE-2026-23759 (GCVE-0-2026-23759)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-17 15:20 – Updated: 2026-03-17 16:09
VLAI?
Title
Perle IOLAN STS/SCS Authenticated Command Injection via 'shell ps'
Summary
Perle IOLAN STS/SCS terminal server models with firmware versions prior to 6.0 allow authenticated OS command injection via the restricted shell accessed over Telnet or SSH. The shell 'ps' command does not perform proper argument sanitization and passes user-supplied parameters into an 'sh -c' invocation running as root. An authenticated attacker who can log in to the device can inject shell metacharacters after the 'ps' subcommand to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges, leading to full compromise of the underlying operating system.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Perle Systems IOLAN STS Affected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver)
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Credits
Victor A. Morales, Senior Pentester Team Leader, GM Sectec, Corp. Omar Crespo, Pentester, GM Sectec, Corp. VulnCheck
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