CVE-2023-49897 on CISA KEV

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in AE1021PE firmware version 2.0.9 and earlier and AE1021 firmware version 2.0.9 and earlier. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary OS command may be executed by an attacker who can log in to the product.

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in AE1021PE firmware version 2.0.9 and earlier and AE1021 firmware version 2.0.9 and earlier. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary OS command may be executed by an attacker who can log in to the product.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

• www.fxc.jp — https://www.fxc.jp/news/20231206
• jvn.jp — https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92152057/
• www.cisa.gov — https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-355-01
• www.akamai.com — https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/zero-day-vulnerability-spreading-m…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
FXC Inc.	AE1021PE	2.0.9 and earlier
FXC Inc.	AE1021	2.0.9 and earlier

06Detection

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