High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5796
CVE-2018-5796
Description
An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. There is a Hidden Root Shell by entering the administrator password in conjunction with the 'service start-shell' CLI command.
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Affected products
1- Range: <5.8.6.9, <5.9.1.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003nvdMitigationVendor Advisory
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