CVE-2024-40891
Zyxel DSL CPE OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- Published
- Feb 4, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- Zyxel
- Evidence observed
- Feb 11, 2025
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 97.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
**UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED** A post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the management commands of the legacy DSL CPE Zyxel VMG4325-B10A firmware version 1.00(AAFR.4)C0_20170615 could allow an authenticated attacker to execute operating system (OS) commands on an affected device via Telnet.
Sources
1- zyxel-p870hn-hardware-hackingResearch
From a bare PCB to root: hardware-hacking a ZyXEL P-870HN (BCM6368) over UART — CVE-2025-0890 + CVE-2024-40891, on my own hardware.
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