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CVE-2018-17565

Shell Metacharacter Injection in the SSH configuration interface on Grandstream GXP16xx VoIP 1.0.4.128 phones allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands and gain a root shell.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.93%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Shell Metacharacter Injection in the SSH configuration interface on Grandstream GXP16xx VoIP 1.0.4.128 phones allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands and gain a root shell.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.93% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
grandstream/gxp1610 firmware · grandstream/gxp1615 firmware · grandstream/gxp1620 firmware · grandstream/gxp1625 firmware · grandstream/gxp1628 firmware · grandstream/gxp1630 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.93%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.