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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-26899

The setInitAction function in /usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.https-dns-proxy allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the name parameter

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.52%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in luci-app-https-dns-proxy on OpenWrt PR #15 (< 2026-01-17). The setInitAction function in /usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.https-dns-proxy allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the name parameter

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.52% probability · 43th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.