{"id":80551,"date":"2025-10-02T09:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:36:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:51:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:51:48","slug":"cve-2025-60017-critical-root-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-unitree-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-60017-critical-root-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-unitree-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-60017: Critical Root OS Command Injection Vulnerability in Unitree devices<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-60017 is a critical vulnerability that affects a range of Unitree devices including the Go2, G1, H1, and B2 models. This vulnerability allows for root OS command injection via the hostapd_restart.sh wifi_ssid or wifi_pass parameter, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. The nature of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52521-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-trend-micro-security-17-8\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88009\">vulnerability can cause significant security<\/a> risks, especially in environments where these devices are deployed in abundance. The severity of this issue is further emphasized by its high CVSS severity score of 8.2, indicating its potential for severe impact if exploited.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-60017<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.2 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-36326-bypassing-amd-romarmor-protections-to-compromise-system-security\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87849\">system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2959482196\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Unitree Go2 | All versions up to 2025-09-20<br \/>\nUnitree G1 | All versions up to 2025-09-20<br \/>\nUnitree H1 | All versions up to 2025-09-20<br \/>\nUnitree B2 | All versions up to 2025-09-20<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploitation process begins when an attacker sends a specially crafted request containing malicious commands to the hostapd_restart.sh script through the wifi_ssid or wifi_pass parameter. This parameter is involved in the restart_wifi_ap and restart_wifi_sta functions of the devices. Due to insufficient input validation, the malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58370-command-execution-vulnerability-in-roo-code-ai-coding-agent\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87764\">commands are executed<\/a> with root privileges leading to the compromise of the device.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-903777702\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a hypothetical example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. The malicious payload is injected into the wifi_ssid parameter in a POST request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/restart_wifi_ap HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;wifi_ssid&quot;: &quot;; rm -rf \/&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, if the system executes the wifi_ssid value as a command, it would delete all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58755-high-risk-vulnerability-in-monai-ai-toolkit-allowing-system-file-overwrite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88988\">files in the system<\/a>, rendering it inoperable.<br \/>\nNote: This example is purely conceptual and demonstrates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9443-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-ch22-1-0-0-1-potentially-leads-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89037\">potential impact of this vulnerability<\/a>. Please do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59458-jetbrains-junie-code-execution-vulnerability-through-improper-command-validation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89582\">execute this command<\/a> as it will cause severe damage to the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of the affected Unitree devices are recommended to apply the vendor-supplied patch as soon as possible. In the absence of a patch or until one can be applied, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) could be used as a temporary measure to mitigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52930-high-risk-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-sail-image-decoding-library\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90864\">risk associated with this vulnerability<\/a>. These solutions can detect and block malicious requests containing the exploit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-60017 is a critical vulnerability that affects a range of Unitree devices including the Go2, G1, H1, and B2 models. This vulnerability allows for root OS command injection via the hostapd_restart.sh wifi_ssid or wifi_pass parameter, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. The nature of this vulnerability can cause significant security risks, especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[78],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-80551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80551"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83810,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80551\/revisions\/83810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80551"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=80551"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=80551"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=80551"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=80551"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=80551"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=80551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}