CVE-2026-65184 (GCVE-0-2026-65184)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-26 14:07
Modified
2026-10-26 16:46
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection')
Summary
The root-privileged `wsserver` terminal-bridge daemon builds a shell command from client-supplied WebSocket fields and passes it to `system()` and `popen()` without quoting, escaping, or character-set validation. The daemon's public-key session path performs no appliance-session check.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Vertiv Avocent ACS8000 Version: 0   ≤ 2.32.4
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