Background
Recently, we have communicated with a security research lab that has informed us that they have found a vulnerability in Peplink firmware version 8.3.0. Details are below:
Console port giving root access (CVE-2023-49228)
- The reference link can be found here.
Products
The vulnerability was identified in the Peplink Balance series with Console Port in the firmware version 8.3.0. The models without a Console Port are not affected by this vulnerability.
Solution
It has been fixed in the firmware version 8.4.0, which can be downloaded here.
Published: 2023-12-29