CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-26201
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-521
Description
Askey AP5100W_Dual_SIG_1.01.097 and all prior versions use a weak password at the Operating System (rlx-linux) level. This allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access as an admin or root user to the device Operating System via Telnet or SSH.
Affected configurations
• askey ap5100w firmware (<= 1.01.097)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements weakness
References
- https://medium.com/csg-govtech/bolstering-security-how-i-breached-a-wifi-mesh-access-point-from-close-proximity-to-uncover-f8f77dc3cd5d Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.askey.com.tw/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.askey.com.tw/incident_report_notifications.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://medium.com/csg-govtech/bolstering-security-how-i-breached-a-wifi-mesh-access-point-from-close-proximity-to-uncover-f8f77dc3cd5d Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.askey.com.tw/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.askey.com.tw/incident_report_notifications.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory