CVE-2024-40891
Zyxel DSL CPE OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- High 8.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 11 Feb 2025
Description
**UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED** A post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the management commands of the legacy DSL CPE Zyxel VMG4325-B10A firmware version 1.00(AAFR.4)C0_20170615 could allow an authenticated attacker to execute operating system (OS) commands on an affected device via Telnet.
Key facts
- Published
- 4 Feb 2025
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- Zyxel
- KEV added
- 11 Feb 2025
- KEV fix due
- 4 Mar 2025
- EPSS
- 22.748% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 97.763% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 8.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (Zyxel)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization if a current mitigation is unavailable.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Zyxel | VMG4325-B10A firmware |
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Timeline
- 4 Feb 2025 Published
- 11 Feb 2025 CVE-2024-40891 added to CISA KEV
- 11 Feb 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
Weakness
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HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on OS command injection (CWE-78).