7.9
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-62526
OpenWrt ubusd vulnerable to heap buffer overflow
Description

OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Prior to version 24.10.4, ubusd contains a heap buffer overflow in the event registration parsing code. This allows an attacker to modify the head and potentially execute arbitrary code in the context of the ubus daemon. The affected code is executed before running the ACL checks, all ubus clients are able to send such messages. In addition to the heap corruption, the crafted subscription also results in a bypass of the listen ACL. This is fixed in OpenWrt 24.10.4. There are no workarounds.

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Published Date :

Oct. 22, 2025, 3:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 22, 2025, 9:12 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

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Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openwrt openwrt
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update OpenWrt to version 24.10.4 or later to fix heap buffer overflow.
  • Update OpenWrt to version 24.10.4 or later.
  • Ensure ubusd is updated to the patched version.
  • Reboot affected devices after the update.
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Prior to version 24.10.4, ubusd contains a heap buffer overflow in the event registration parsing code. This allows an attacker to modify the head and potentially execute arbitrary code in the context of the ubus daemon. The affected code is executed before running the ACL checks, all ubus clients are able to send such messages. In addition to the heap corruption, the crafted subscription also results in a bypass of the listen ACL. This is fixed in OpenWrt 24.10.4. There are no workarounds.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-122
    Added Reference https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/4b907e69ea58fc0ba35fd1755dc4ba22262af3a4
    Added Reference https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/a7901969932a175cded3c93bdeb65f32ed3705e6
    Added Reference https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/security/advisories/GHSA-cp32-65v4-cp73
    Added Reference https://github.com/openwrt/ubus/commit/60e04048a0e2f3e33651c19e62861b41be4c290f
    Added Reference https://github.com/openwrt/ubus/commit/aa4a7ee1d3417bc11207ad0a78d579ece7fe0c13
    Added Reference https://github.com/openwrt/ubus/commit/d31effb4277bd557f5ccf16d909422718c1e49d0
    Added Reference https://openwrt.org/advisory/2025-10-22-1
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Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.9
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