Security News > 2024 > December > Critical OpenWrt Vulnerability Exposes Devices to Malicious Firmware Injection
2024-12-13 16:48
A security flaw has been disclosed in OpenWrt's Attended Sysupgrade (ASU) feature that, if successfully exploited, could have been abused to distribute malicious firmware packages. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-54143, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10, indicating critical severity. Flatt Security researcher RyotaK has been credited with discovering and reporting the
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-06 | CVE-2024-54143 | openwrt/asu is an image on demand server for OpenWrt based distributions. | 0.0 |