VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-8453

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-09-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology use an insecure hashing function to hash user passwords without being salted. Remote attackers with administrator privileges can read configuration files to obtain the hash values, and potentially crack them to retrieve the plaintext passwords.

Weakness classification

  • twcert@cert.org.tw: CWE-328

Primary references