Dasan GPON Routers Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2018-10561)
Severity: critical · Patch status: unpatched · Since 2022-03-31 · CVE-2018-10561
Dasan GPON Routers contain an authentication bypass vulnerability. When combined with CVE-2018-10562, exploitation can allow an attacker to perform remote code execution. CISA added CVE-2018-10561 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 31, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Apr 21, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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