HIGH 7.2 NVD
CVE-2026-71284
Fledge's backup-restore upload handler, upload_backup() (python/fledge/services/core/api/backup_restore.py), takes the first extracted tar member's filename (ta
Fledge's backup-restore upload handler, upload_backup() (python/fledge/services/core/api/backup_restore.py), takes the first extracted tar member's filename (tar_file_names[0]) and builds a shell command via string formatting: `cmd = "cp {} {}".format(source, backup_path); ret_code = os.system(cmd)`. The only pre-check on the filename is a prefix/suffix match (startswith(backup_prefix), endswith(valid_extensions)), which a name such as `fledge_backup_$(id>/tmp/pwn).db` satisfies while still injecting a shell command substitution. Because os.system() invokes a shell and no quoting (shlex.quote, list-form subprocess) is applied, an admin uploading a crafted backup archive achieves arbitrary OS command execution.
References
- https://github.com/fledge-iot/fledge
- https://github.com/fledge-iot/fledge/blob/main/python/fledge/services/core/api/backup_rest
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 was published on 2026-08-05 via NVD.
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