OS command injection in openNDS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
openNDS before 11.0.0 is susceptible to unauthenticated OS command execution via shell command injection through the fas query parameter on the /opennds_preauth/ endpoint because of libopennds.sh.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA openNDS (openNDS) Fixed in 11.0.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
openNDS 11.0.0
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-28216 OS command injection in openNDSPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-28215 Heap-based buffer overflow in openNDSPriority LOW 33
- TI-2026-28213 Memory leak in openNDSPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-38820
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hw32-3v67-92pf
More openNDS vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-19721 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS before 10.1.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-21723 An issue was discovered in the captive portal in OpenNDS before version 10.1.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-19715 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS before 10.1.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-19714 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-19717 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS before 10.1.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-19716 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS before 10.1.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-38820 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-38820 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hw32-3v67-92pf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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