# CVE-2020-7982: An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-03-16 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7. A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded checksums in the signed repository index, allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to inject arbitrary package payloads (which are installed without verification).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/master
- https://openwrt.org/advisory/2020-01-31-1
- https://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/

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