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CVE-2025-8635VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-8635: Kenwood DMX958XR · OS Command Injection

Affects Kenwood DMX958XRSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.8 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
6.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 60% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Aug 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

Immediate mitigation should focus on physical security controls to restrict unauthorized access to the Kenwood DMX958XR devices, including secure storage and monitoring of devices in the field. Organizations should conduct an inventory to identify all affected devices and assess their deployment environments. Since no patches are currently available, consider isolating these devices on segmented networks to limit potential lateral movement if compromised. Implement strict access controls and monitoring to detect anomalous behavior indicative of exploitation attempts. Where possible, disable or restrict firmware update capabilities until a vendor patch is released. Engage with Kenwood support channels to obtain information on forthcoming patches or workarounds. Additionally, establish incident response procedures tailored to potential exploitation scenarios involving these devices. For long-term mitigation, plan for firmware updates as soon as they become available and consider device replacement if the risk cannot be adequately managed.

Description

Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the firmware update process. 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 root. Was ZDI-CAN-26258.

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