CVE-2017-20237 CRITICAL

CVE-2017-20237: Hirschmann Industrial HiVision Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution

Vendor Belden
Product Hirschmann Industrial HiVision
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published April 3, 2026
Last update May 14, 2026

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Hirschmann Industrial HiVision versions prior to 06.0.07 and 07.0.03 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the master service that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. Attackers can invoke exposed interface methods over the remote service to bypass authentication and achieve remote code execution on the underlying operating system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 3, 2026 CVE published
May 14, 2026 Record updated