A vulnerability has been identified in meta-iot2050 (All versions >= V01.03.01). Affected devices take parts from a configuration file and execute them unchecked. This could allow an attacker which is able to manipulate the configuration file to make the user execute arbitrary code on the device.

A vulnerability has been identified in meta-iot2050 (All versions >= V01.03.01). Affected devices take parts from a configuration file and execute them unchecked. This could allow an attacker which is able to manipulate the configuration file to make the user execute arbitrary code on the device.

meta-iot2050 (https://github.com/siemens/meta-iot2050) from V01.03.01 contains a Command Injection vulnerability in the firmware update tool that could allow an attacker which is able to manipulate a configuration file to have arbitrary commands run as root.

Siemens is preparing fixes and recommends mitigations for products where fixes are not or not yet available.