TI-2025-16955 Aliases CVE-2025-23170 GHSA-6hw8-whvq-hmwp

Command injection in Versa Director

LOW 33CWE-77Published 2025-06-18 · Updated 2025-06-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

The Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform includes functionality to initiate SSH sessions to remote CPEs and the Director shell via Shell-In-A-Box. The underlying Python script, shell-connect.py, is vulnerable to command injection through the user argument. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. Exploitation Status: Versa Networks is not aware of any reported instance where this vulnerability was exploited. Proof of concept for this vulnerability has been disclosed by third party security researchers. Workarounds or Mitigation: There are no workarounds to disable the GUI option. Versa recommends that Director be upgraded to one of the remediated software versions.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00595 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Versa	Director	21.2.2 – 21.2.2; 21.2.3 – 21.2.3; 22.1.1 – 22.1.1; 22.1.2 – 22.1.2; 22.1.3 – 22.1.3; 22.1.4 – 22.1.4	—	No fix listed	CNA

Director VendorVersa Affected 21.2.2 – 21.2.2; 21.2.3 – 21.2.3; 22.1.1 – 22.1.1; 22.1.2 – 22.1.2; 22.1.3 – 22.1.3; 22.1.4 – 22.1.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:21.2.2:::::::*	21.2.2	Vulnerable	Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:21.2.3:-::::::	21.2.3	Vulnerable	Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:22.1.1:::::::*	22.1.1	Vulnerable	Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:22.1.2:-::::::	22.1.2	Vulnerable	Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:22.1.3:-::::::	22.1.3	Vulnerable	Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:22.1.4:-::::::	22.1.4	Vulnerable	Versa

cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:21.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.2.2 Vulnerable ·Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:21.2.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.2.3 Vulnerable ·Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:22.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.1.1 Vulnerable ·Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:22.1.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.1.2 Vulnerable ·Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:22.1.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.1.3 Vulnerable ·Versa
cpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_director:22.1.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.1.4 Vulnerable ·Versa

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23170
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6hw8-whvq-hmwp

References

Advisory 1

https://security-portal.versa-networks.com/emailbulletins/68526bc7dc94d6b9f2faf717

Other 4

TI-2024-26638 Unrestricted file upload in Versa Director KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2024-28419 Hard-coded credentials in Versa Director CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-18035 The Versa Director software exposes a number of services by default and allow attackers… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-15169 Command injection in Versa Director CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-16958 Information disclosure in Versa Director CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-16953 Authentication bypass by spoofing in Versa Director CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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