CVE-2019-5424
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 10, 2019 at 05:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEdgeswitch XEdgeswitch X
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In Ubiquiti Networks EdgeSwitch X v1.1.0 and prior, a privileged user can execute arbitrary shell commands over the SSH CLI interface. This allows to execute shell commands under the root user.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.1.0
v < 1.1.1
Affected range stops below 1.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX-Updates-Blog/EdgeMAX-EdgeSwitch-X-software-release-v1-1-1/ba-p/2731137CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77CWE-78
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