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Zyxel Releases Security Update

Update addresses a Critical vulnerability in several Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices

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Summary

Update addresses a Critical vulnerability in several Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices


Threat details

Introduction

Zyxel has released a security update to address a Critical vulnerability in NAS326, NAS540, and NAS542 network adjacent storage devices. The vulnerability known as CVE-2023-27992 has a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 and relates to a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted HTTP request, which could allow them to execute operating system (OS) commands.

Exploitation in the wild for CVE-2023-27992

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2023-27992 to their Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild.


Threat updates

Date Update
26 Jun 2023 Exploitation in the wild for CVE-2023-27992

This cyber alert has been updated to reflect this change.


Remediation advice

Affected organisations are encouraged to review Zyxel's security advisory and apply relevant updates and mitigations.



Last edited: 26 June 2023 1:10 pm