CVE-2026-38820

HIGH
8.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC
Updated: September 9, 2026 at 05:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpennds

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Severity
HIGH8.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

openNDS before 11.0.0 is susceptible to unauthenticated OS command execution via shell command injection through the fas query parameter on the /opennds_preauth/ endpoint because of libopennds.sh.

Affected

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

v < 11.0.0
Affected range stops below 11.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.3HIGHmitre
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-78

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