CVE-2023-34359 — ASUS RT-AX88U's httpd is subject to an unauthenticated DoS condition

ASUS RT-AX88U's httpd is subject to an unauthenticated DoS condition. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the device which causes the httpd binary to crash within the "do_json_decode()" function of ej.c, resulting in a DoS condition.

01What is this vulnerability?

ASUS RT-AX88U's httpd is subject to an unauthenticated DoS condition. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the device which causes the httpd binary to crash within the "do_json_decode()" function of ej.c, resulting in a DoS condition.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ASUS	RT	AX88U —

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: 2023-07-31T04:31:39.240Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-21T14:37:30.329Z

09References

• www.twcert.org.tw — https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-7280-bea85-1.html