Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-26993

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 15 March 2022

Published
15 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0956 93.0th percentile
Risk Priority 25 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-26993 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Arris Sbr-Ac1900P Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 7.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

Arris routers SBR-AC1900P 1.0.7-B05, SBR-AC3200P 1.0.7-B05, and SBR-AC1200P 1.0.5-B05 contain a command-injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in the pppoe function. The flaw is reachable through the pppoeUserName, pppoePassword, and pppoe_Service parameters and permits execution of arbitrary operating-system commands when a crafted request is processed.

An unauthenticated attacker with network access can submit a malicious request to the affected device and obtain full control, resulting in impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8.

Public details of the issue were disclosed in a GitHub repository that includes proof-of-concept material; no vendor advisory or firmware patch information is referenced in the available sources. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0956 with no material increase after disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Arris routers SBR-AC1900P 1.0.7-B05, SBR-AC3200P 1.0.7-B05 and SBR-AC1200P 1.0.5-B05 were discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability in the pppoe function via the pppoeUserName, pppoePassword, and pppoe_Service parameters. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted request.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

arris
sbr-ac1900p firmware
1.0.7-b05
arris
sbr-ac3200p firmware
1.0.7-b05
arris
sbr-ac1200p firmware
1.0.5-b05

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References