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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8638

Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability.

Published Aug 6, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 6, 2025 · Kenwood DMX958XR

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8638. EPSS is 0.88%. Act only if a listed version of Kenwood DMX958XR is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.88%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Kenwood DMX958XR 1.0.0005.4600 (SOC Image)

Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the firmware update process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-26261.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Kenwood DMX958XR 1.0.0005.4600 (SOC Image)1.0.0005.4600 (SOC Image)

How to fix CVE-2025-8638

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8638. EPSS is 0.88%. Act only if a listed version of Kenwood DMX958XR is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Kenwood DMX958XR 1.0.0005.4600 (SOC Image) 1.0.0005.4600 (SOC Image). Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.88%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 6, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the firmware update process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied str

  2. Aug 6, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the firmware update process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied str

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8638

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8638

    30-day exploitation probability 0.88%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23696

    Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific fla

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026