Threats / Dasan / CVE-2018-10562
CVE-2018-10562
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Verified 2026-08-04
Dasan Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Routers vulnerability
Dasan GPON routers contain an authentication bypass vulnerability (CWE-78) that enables remote code execution when chained with CVE-2018-10561. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild and leveraged in ransomware campaigns.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
An unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication controls on Dasan GPON routers to achieve remote code execution, leading to complete device compromise. Active exploitation and ransomware deployment have been observed in production environments.
CISA KEV Yes · 2022-03-314Ransomware use Flagged4EPSS 0.99944 (verify live)5Exploit Weaponized · public PoC6CVSS 9.8 (CISA)3CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: total3
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
1139 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-31), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99944 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) · Affected: Dasan, Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Routers. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CISA-assigned via the ADP container (CVE.org), version 3.1; the CNA left no metrics, so CISA's own score is used ahead of NVD.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-78 OS Command Injection — weakness family: Injection.CWE assignment from the public NVD record (may be stale); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 1427 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a public proof-of-concept / detection template). Catalog entries: nuclei template. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I bypass authentication mechanisms on the GPON router without valid credentials.
Business
Network perimeter security is compromised, allowing unauthorized access to critical infrastructure.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I chain this vulnerability with CVE-2018-10561 to execute arbitrary code on the device.
Business
Attackers gain full control of network access points, enabling lateral movement and data exfiltration.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I deploy ransomware or persistent malware across the compromised router infrastructure.
Business
Operations are disrupted through encryption or denial of service; recovery costs and ransom demands impact revenue and reputation.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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