CVE-2024-8455 HIGH

CVE-2024-8455: PLANET Technology switch devices - Swctrl service exchanges weakly encoded passwords

Vendor Planet Technology
Product GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0
Weakness CWE-261
Published September 30, 2024
Last update September 30, 2024

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this service are encoded user passwords. Due to insufficient strength, unauthorized remote attackers who intercept the packets can directly crack them to obtain plaintext passwords.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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