CVE-2025-67038: Lantronix EDS5000 Code Injection Vulnerability
What it is
Lantronix EDS5000 contains a code injection vulnerability that could allow attackers to inject arbitrary OS commands into the username parameter. Injected commands are executed with root privileges.
What to do
Treat this as urgent. Identify every affected system, starting with anything internet-facing, and apply the vendor fix or mitigation within days. If you cannot patch quickly, isolate or disable the affected service and watch for signs of compromise.
- Priority
- Act now: Patch or mitigate internet-facing systems within days.
- Severity (CVSS)
- 9.3 critical (vendor’s score; NVD analysis pending)
- CISA assessment (SSVC)
- actively exploited; attackers can automate it at scale; total control of the affected system
- Exploit probability (EPSS, 30 days)
- 20%, higher than 97% of all CVEs
- Added to CISA KEV
- 23 June 2026
- CISA fix-by date
- 26 June 2026 (US federal agencies; a sensible deadline for everyone)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
References
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) · NIST National Vulnerability Database · CISA Vulnrichment (SSVC), via the CVE Program. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Summaries are machine-written from CISA’s description; treat the vendor’s advisory as the authority for fixes.