openwrt luci up to 0.11.1 OpenVPN Protocol popen cl_meta os command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in openwrt luci up to 0.11.1. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is the function popen of the component OpenVPN Protocol. The manipulation of the argument cl_meta leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-58000. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in openwrt luci up to 0.11.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function popen of the component OpenVPN Protocol. The manipulation of the argument cl_meta with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

luci-proto-openvpn through 0.11.1, fixed in commit e4ff45e, contains a command injection vulnerability in the generateKey ubus method where the cl_meta parameter is interpolated into a shell command without proper escaping or quoting. An authenticated LuCI user with OpenVPN protocol configuration access can inject arbitrary shell metacharacters into cl_meta to execute commands as root via the popen function.

The weakness was disclosed by George Chen as GHSA-pm9w-522m-8rrh. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-58000 since 06/26/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch e4ff45ecbc6ad212951815c8c99b2749fbd7de6b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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Class: Os command injection
CWE: CWE-78 / CWE-77 / CWE-74
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Patch: e4ff45ecbc6ad212951815c8c99b2749fbd7de6b

Timelineinfo

06/26/2026 CVE reserved
06/29/2026 +3 days VulDB entry created
06/30/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
06/30/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-pm9w-522m-8rrh
Researcher: George Chen
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-58000 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-58000
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-374687

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Created: 06/30/2026 00:49
Changes: 06/30/2026 00:49 (81)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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