CVE-2022-36554 — A command injection vulnerability in the CLI (Command Line Interface) implementa

A command injection vulnerability in the CLI (Command Line Interface) implementation of Hytec Inter HWL-2511-SS v1.05 and below allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

01What is this vulnerability?

A command injection vulnerability in the CLI (Command Line Interface) implementation of Hytec Inter HWL-2511-SS v1.05 and below allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

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: 2022-08-29T22:46:18.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T10:07:34.467Z

09References

• hytec.co.jp — https://hytec.co.jp/eng/products/our-brand/hwl-2511-ss.html
• hytec.co.jp — https://hytec.co.jp/eng/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hwl-2511-ss-ds.3.0.…
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/b27418ab801eb0b9cdbe8d042cb0249b