CVE-2025-23170: Versa Director · Command Injection
Affects Versa DirectorSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.7 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 47% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Versa Director | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations using affected Versa Director versions should prioritize upgrading to the latest patched releases provided by Versa Networks without delay, as no effective workarounds exist to disable the vulnerable GUI functionality. Network segmentation should be enforced to restrict access to the Director management interface strictly to trusted administrators and management networks, minimizing exposure. Implementing strong multi-factor authentication (MFA) and robust credential management policies can reduce the risk of privilege escalation or credential compromise that would enable exploitation. Monitoring and logging of administrative access to the Director platform should be enhanced to detect anomalous activities indicative of exploitation attempts. Additionally, organizations should conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration tests focused on SD-WAN orchestration components. If immediate patching is not feasible, consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) or intrusion prevention systems (IPS) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious command injection patterns targeting the shell-connect.py script, although this is a temporary measure. Finally, maintain up-to-date incident response plans that include scenarios involving network orchestration compromise.
Description
The Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform includes functionality to initiate SSH sessions to remote CPEs and the Director shell via Shell-In-A-Box. The underlying Python script, shell-connect.py, is vulnerable to command injection through the user argument. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. Exploitation Status: Versa Networks is not aware of any reported instance where this vulnerability was exploited. Proof of concept for this vulnerability has been disclosed by third party security researchers. Workarounds or Mitigation: There are no workarounds to disable the GUI option. Versa recommends that Director be upgraded to one of the remediated software versions.
References
- security-portal.versa-networks.com/emailbulletins/68526bc7dc94d6b9f2faf717 (opens in a new tab)
- support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000026708-release-22-1-4 (opens in a new tab)
- support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000026033-release-22-1-3 (opens in a new tab)
- support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000025680-release-22-1-2 (opens in a new tab)
- support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000024323-release-21-2-3 (opens in a new tab)