CVE-2025-8078

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: October 21, 2025 at 01:49 AM UTC
Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
9 products affected across 1 vendorZldUSG FLEXATP· also runs on 16 platforms

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A post-authentication command injection vulnerability in Zyxel ATP series firmware versions from V4.32 through V5.40, USG FLEX series firmware versions from V4.50 through V5.40, USG FLEX 50(W) series firmware versions from V4.16 through V5.40, and USG20(W)-VPN series firmware versions from V4.16 through V5.40 could allow an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute operating system (OS) commands on the affected device by passing a crafted string as an argument to a CLI command.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.16 ≤ v < 5.414.32 ≤ v < 5.414.50 ≤ v < 5.41
zyxel-atp100 (environment) · zyxel-atp100w (environment) · zyxel-atp200 (environment) · zyxel-atp500 (environment) · zyxel-atp700 (environment) · zyxel-atp800 (environment) · zyxel-usg-20w-vpn (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-100 (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-100ax (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-100w (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-200 (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-50 (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-500 (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-50ax (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-50w (environment) · zyxel-usg-flex-700 (environment)
4.16 ≤ v ≤ 5.40
4.16 ≤ v ≤ 5.40

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGHZyxel
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-78

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