CVE-2022-24552: starwindsoftware nas OS Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-24552 is a high (CVSS 10.0) OS Command Injection vulnerability in starwindsoftware nas. EPSS estimates a 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-02-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the REST API in StarWind Stack. REST command, which manipulates a virtual disk, doesn’t check input parameters. Some of them go directly to bash as part of a script. An attacker with non-root user access can inject arbitrary data into the command that will be executed with root privileges. This affects StarWind SAN and NAS v0.2 build 1633.

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.