CVE-2022-25597
ASUS RT-AC86U - Command Injection
ASUS RT-AC86U’s LPD service has insufficient filtering for special characters in the user request, which allows an unauthenticated LAN attacker to perform command injection attack, execute arbitrary commands and disrupt or terminate service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
ASUS RT-AC86U - Command Injection
ASUS RT-AC86U’s LPD service has insufficient filtering for special characters in the user request, which allows an unauthenticated LAN attacker to perform command injection attack, execute arbitrary commands and disrupt or terminate service.
- Record
CVE-2022-25597- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-30258
ASUS RT-AC86U’s LPD service has insufficient filtering for special characters in the user request, which allows an unauthenticated LAN attacker to perform command injection attack, execute arbitrary commands and disrupt or terminate service.
- Record
EUVD-2022-30258- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xvrf-q22w-5f48
ASUS RT-AC86U’s LPD service has insufficient filtering for special characters in the user request...
ASUS RT-AC86U’s LPD service has insufficient filtering for special characters in the user request, which allows an unauthenticated LAN attacker to perform command injection attack, execute arbitrary commands and disrupt or terminate service.
- Record
GHSA-xvrf-q22w-5f48- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
ASUS RT-AC86U’s LPD service has insufficient filtering for special characters in the user request, which allows an unauthenticated LAN attacker to perform command injection attack, execute arbitrary commands and disrupt or terminate service.
- Record
CVE-2022-25597- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-25597 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Asus Rt-ac86u, published April 7, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.