OS command injection in Aviatrix Controller
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Aviatrix Controller versions prior to 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, and 8.0.0 fail to sanitize user input prior to passing the input to command line utilities, allowing command injection via special characters in filenames
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.12223 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Controller (Aviatrix): 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, 8.0.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Controller (Aviatrix) Fixed in 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, 8.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2172
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr65-2r27-crgw
References
More Aviatrix vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-34029 OS command injection in Aviatrix Controller KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-17791 An issue was discovered in Aviatrix Controller 6.x before 6.5-1804.1922. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-01903 Missing brute-force protection in Aviatrix Controller CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-16187 An issue was discovered in Aviatrix Controller before R6.0.2483. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10521 An Elevation of Privilege issue was discovered in Aviatrix VPN Client before 2.10.7… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-05833 The Aviatrix OpenVPN client through 2.5.7 on Linux, macOS, and Windows is vulnerable when… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-2172 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-2172 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wr65-2r27-crgw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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