CVE-2025-29043
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-29043 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Dlink Dir-823X Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 12.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-29043 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in D-Link DIR-832x firmware version 240802. The flaw resides in the function at address 0x417234 and permits unauthenticated remote code execution with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
An attacker with network access can supply crafted input to the affected traceroute-related endpoint and execute arbitrary operating-system commands, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without requiring credentials or user interaction.
Public references include a D-Link security bulletin page and multiple GitHub repositories and a gist that demonstrate the diag_traceroute target_addr command-injection vector; no specific patch or mitigation guidance is detailed in the supplied references.
EPSS for the CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0884 on 2026-05-26 before receding to the current value of 0.0323, indicating a measurable increase in exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11768
Vulnerability details
An issue in dlink DIR 832x 240802 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the function 0x417234
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.