CVE-2026-58000

Description

luci-proto-openvpn through 0.11.1, fixed in commit e4ff45e, contains a command injection vulnerability in the generateKey ubus method where the cl_meta parameter is interpolated into a shell command without proper escaping or quoting. An authenticated LuCI user with OpenVPN protocol configuration access can inject arbitrary shell metacharacters into cl_meta to execute commands as root via the popen function.

References

• https://github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/e4ff45ecbc6ad212951815c8c99b2749fbd7de6b
• https://github.com/openwrt/luci/security/advisories/GHSA-pm9w-522m-8rrh
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/luci-proto-openvpn-command-injection-via-cl-meta-parameter-in-generatekey
• https://github.com/openwrt/luci/security/advisories/GHSA-pm9w-522m-8rrh