CVE-2019-14423 — A Remote Code Execution (RCE) issue in the addon CUx-Daemon 1

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) issue in the addon CUx-Daemon 1.11a of the eQ-3 Homematic CCU-Firmware 2.35.16 until 2.45.6 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute system commands as root remotely via a simple HTTP request.

01What is this vulnerability?

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) issue in the addon CUx-Daemon 1.11a of the eQ-3 Homematic CCU-Firmware 2.35.16 until 2.45.6 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute system commands as root remotely via a simple HTTP request.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-10-17T13:28:32.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:19:41.131Z

09References

• www.eq-3.com — https://www.eq-3.com/products/homematic.html
• noskill1337.github.io — https://noskill1337.github.io/homematic-with-cux-daemon-remote-code-execution