Zenitel Connect up to 1.10.x Host Configuration Watcher os command injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Zenitel Connect up to 1.10.x and classified as very critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Host Configuration Watcher. This manipulation causes os command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-95614. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Zenitel Connect up to 1.10.x. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Host Configuration Watcher. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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 before it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The host configuration watcher in Zenitel Connect before 1.11.0 applies a rsyslog configuration file written to a data volume that is shared with the hiatus application container, which allows local attackers with write access to the hiatus container filesystem to execute arbitrary OS commands as root on the host operating system via a crafted rsyslog configuration file.

It is possible to read the advisory at zenitel.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-95614 since 09/22/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/13/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.11.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Zenitel

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• Connect

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10

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