The cisco_firesight_manager_ACL_rule_export module in misp-modules generates a shell script (.sh) that authenticates to and calls the Cisco fireSIGHT Manager API. The module interpolates configuration values (IP address, login, password, domain ID, policy ID) and MISP attribute values (destination IPs, URLs, event info comments) directly into single-quoted shell string assignments without any escaping or sanitization. Because the values are placed inside single-quoted shell strings, any value containing a single-quote character (e.g., a crafted ip-dst or url attribute value submitted to MISP) breaks out of the quoting context, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands into the exported script. A security analyst who subsequently executes the generated .sh file unmodified would run the injected commands with their own privileges, potentially exposing fireSIGHT Manager credentials, modifying ACL rules, or compromising the analyst workstation. Additionally, the module contained a secondary defect where the variable 'config' was only assigned inside a conditional block but referenced unconditionally afterward, causing a NameError (denial of service) when the request payload lacked a 'config' key. The vulnerability requires the attacker to have the ability to submit MISP events or attributes containing a single-quote character and the victim to execute the exported script. No authentication bypass is required beyond standard MISP event-submission privileges.

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Solution

All user-controlled and configuration values interpolated into the generated shell script are now passed through Python's shlex.quote() function, which produces a safely quoted string that cannot be broken out of by embedded shell metacharacters. For the JSON access-rule block that embeds multiple attribute values within a single shell assignment, the JSON content is first assembled as plain text and then the entire assembled string is shlex-quoted once, preventing stray quote characters from corrupting the outer quoting. The 'config' variable is now initialized to an empty dictionary before the conditional assignment, eliminating the NameError.


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History

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Misp
Misp misp-modules
Vendors & Products Misp
Misp misp-modules
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Description The cisco_firesight_manager_ACL_rule_export module in misp-modules generates a shell script (.sh) that authenticates to and calls the Cisco fireSIGHT Manager API. The module interpolates configuration values (IP address, login, password, domain ID, policy ID) and MISP attribute values (destination IPs, URLs, event info comments) directly into single-quoted shell string assignments without any escaping or sanitization. Because the values are placed inside single-quoted shell strings, any value containing a single-quote character (e.g., a crafted ip-dst or url attribute value submitted to MISP) breaks out of the quoting context, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands into the exported script. A security analyst who subsequently executes the generated .sh file unmodified would run the injected commands with their own privileges, potentially exposing fireSIGHT Manager credentials, modifying ACL rules, or compromising the analyst workstation. Additionally, the module contained a secondary defect where the variable 'config' was only assigned inside a conditional block but referenced unconditionally afterward, causing a NameError (denial of service) when the request payload lacked a 'config' key. The vulnerability requires the attacker to have the ability to submit MISP events or attributes containing a single-quote character and the victim to execute the exported script. No authentication bypass is required beyond standard MISP event-submission privileges.
Title misp-modules: Shell Command Injection in MISP cisco_firesight_manager_ACL_rule_export Module via Unescaped Attribute Values
Weaknesses CWE-78
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CIRCL

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-25T09:50:00.869Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T08:02:32.714Z

Link: CVE-2026-97863

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-25T09:17:08.003

Modified: 2026-09-25T10:17:08.787

Link: CVE-2026-97863

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-25T10:15:06Z

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