CVE-2024-50372: Advantech Eki-6333ac-1gpo Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A CWE-78 "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')" was discovered affecting the following devices manufactured by Advantech: EKI-6333AC-2G (<= 1.6.3), EKI-6333AC-2GD (<= v1.6.3) and EKI-6333AC-1GPO (<= v1.2.1). The vulnerability can be exploited by remote unauthenticated users capable of interacting with the default "edgserver" service enabled on the access point and malicious commands are executed with root privileges. No authentication is enabled on the service and the source of the vulnerability resides in processing code associated to the "backup_config_to_utility" operation.

Affected products

• Advantech Eki-6333ac-1gpo Firmware: before 1.2.2 (fixed in 1.2.2)
• Advantech Eki-6333ac-2g Firmware: before 1.6.5 (fixed in 1.6.5)
• Advantech Eki-6333ac-2gd Firmware: before 1.6.5 (fixed in 1.6.5)

Published 2024-11-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.