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CVE-2025-34311: IPFire · OS Command Injection

Affects IPFireSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · 13% EPSS · CVSS 8.7 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
13.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 96% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
IPFire.org IPFireAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, organizations should immediately upgrade IPFire installations to version 2.29 (Core Update 198) or later, where the issue is patched. If upgrading is not immediately feasible, restrict access to the Proxy report generation interface to trusted administrators only, ideally via VPN or secure management networks. Implement network-level access controls and monitoring to detect unusual POST requests to /cgi-bin/logs.cgi/calamaris.dat. Apply strict input validation and sanitization on all parameters used in shell commands, ensuring that special characters and shell metacharacters are properly escaped or rejected. Consider running the mkreport helper with even more restricted privileges or within a sandboxed environment to limit potential damage. Regularly audit firewall logs and system behavior for signs of exploitation attempts. Additionally, educate administrators about the risks of command injection vulnerabilities and the importance of applying security updates promptly. Employ intrusion detection systems (IDS) tuned to detect anomalous command injection patterns targeting IPFire components.

Description

IPFire versions prior to 2.29 (Core Update 198) contain a command injection vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the user 'nobody' via multiple parameters when creating a Proxy report. When a user creates a Proxy report the application issues an HTTP POST to /cgi-bin/logs.cgi/calamaris.dat and reads the values of DAY_BEGIN, MONTH_BEGIN, YEAR_BEGIN, DAY_END, MONTH_END, YEAR_END, NUM_DOMAINS, PERF_INTERVAL, NUM_CONTENT, HIST_LEVEL, NUM_HOSTS, NUM_URLS, and BYTE_UNIT, which are interpolated directly into the shell invocation of the mkreport helper. Because these parameters are never sanitized for improper characters or constructs, a crafted POST can inject shell metacharacters into one or more fields, causing arbitrary commands to run with the privileges of the 'nobody' user.

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