Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 17, 2024· Updated Nov 4, 2025

CVE-2023-40146

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the /bin/login functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 (in QEMU). A specially crafted command line argument can lead to a limited-shell escape and elevated capabilities. An attacker can authenticate with hard-coded credentials and execute unblocked default busybox functionality to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

Peplink/Smart Readerv5
Range: v1.2.0 (in QEMU)

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

forum.peplink.com/t/peplink-security-advisory-smart-reader-firmware-1-2-0-cve-2023-43491-cve-2023-45209-cve-2023-39367-cve-2023-45744-cve-2023-40146/47256mitre
talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1868mitre

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