CVE-2024-8453 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-8453: PLANET Technology switch devices - Weak hash for users' passwords

Vendor Planet Technology
Product GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0
Weakness CWE-328 · Weak hash
Published September 30, 2024
Last update September 30, 2024

CVSS base score

4.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 30, 2024 CVE published
September 30, 2024 Record updated