ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter Ping command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Ping Handler. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-0779. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Ping Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter Ping Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter devices. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the web-based user interface. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the device. Was ZDI-CAN-25568.

The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-0779. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/18/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

01/09/2026 Advisory disclosed
01/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/18/2026 +40 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-0779 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-0779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-340304

Entryinfo

Created: 01/09/2026 17:59
Updated: 02/18/2026 21:36
Changes: 01/09/2026 17:59 (49), 01/09/2026 18:04 (1), 01/25/2026 03:21 (10), 02/18/2026 21:36 (11)
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