Root privilege escalation via unrestricted sudo scripts
Published May 17, 2022 · Updated Apr 16, 2025
Local privilege escalation in Cambium Networks cnMaestro On-Premises allows local users to gain root privileges through permitted sudo scripts. The restricted appliance account can invoke user-supplied scripts with sudo, and the execution path fails to confine commands to the intended allowlist. Low-privilege shell access is required; successful exploitation grants root-level command execution that can alter data or interrupt the appliance.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Cambium Networks cnMaestro On-Premises allows local users to gain root privileges through permitted sudo scripts. The restricted appliance account can invoke user-supplied scripts with sudo, and the execution path fails to confine commands to the intended allowlist. Low-privilege shell access is required; successful exploitation grants root-level command execution that can alter data or interrupt the appliance.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1356
- Published
- May 17, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Cambium Networks
- Product
- cnMaestro
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 17, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <2.4.2-r29
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <3.0.0-r34
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <3.0.3-r32
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