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NN-2026:22-01

Vulnerability from csaf_nozominetworks - Published: 2026-10-29 11:00 - Updated: 2026-10-29 11:00

Summary

Authenticated RCE in update functionality in Guardian/CMC before 26.4.0

Severity

High

Notes

Risk Level for Nozomi customers: High

CVE-2026-33924

7.2 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected products

Fixed 2 products

Product	Identifier	Version	Remediation
Nozomi Networks Guardian 26.4.0 Nozomi Networks / Guardian		26.4.0
Nozomi Networks CMC 26.4.0 Nozomi Networks / CMC		26.4.0

Known affected 2 products

Product	Identifier	Version	Remediation
Nozomi Networks Guardian <26.4.0 Nozomi Networks / Guardian		vers:gem/<26.4.0	Mitigation Vendor Fix
Nozomi Networks CMC <26.4.0 Nozomi Networks / CMC		vers:gem/<26.4.0	Mitigation Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact An attacker with administrative privileges can remotely supply a crafted update bundle that, when installed, causes arbitrary commands to be executed with root privileges, allowing the attacker to read or modify sensitive data, change the appliance configuration, or shut down the appliance.

References

3 references

URL	Category
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CV…	external
https://security.nozominetworks.com/csaf/2026/nn-…	self
https://security.nozominetworks.com/NN-2026:22-01	self

Acknowledgments

Nozomi Networks Guglielmo Fachini

Nozomi Networks Product Security team Andrea Palanca

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CVE-2026-33924 (GCVE-0-2026-33924)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-29 10:46 – Updated: 2026-10-29 12:36

Title

Authenticated RCE in update functionality in Guardian/CMC before 26.4.0

Summary

Two OS command injection vulnerabilities were discovered in the update installation functionality due to insufficient validation of the update bundle contents. An attacker with administrative privileges can remotely supply a crafted update bundle that, when installed, causes arbitrary commands to be executed with root privileges, allowing the attacker to read or modify sensitive data, change the appliance configuration, or shut down the appliance.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-29 12:19 UTC

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

Nozomi CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 60 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.nozominetworks.com/NN-2026:22-01

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Nozomi Networks	Guardian	Affected: 0 , < 26.4.0 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:nozomi_networks:guardian::::::::
Nozomi Networks	CMC	Affected: 0 , < 26.4.0 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:nozomi_networks:cmc::::::::

Date Public

2026-10-29 07:00

Credits

This issue was found by Guglielmo Fachini of Nozomi Networks and Andrea Palanca of Nozomi Networks Product Security team during an internal investigation.

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