CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-35221

8.8 HIGH Published 2021-03-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-03-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-326

Description

The hashing algorithm implemented for NSDP password authentication on NETGEAR JGS516PE/GS116Ev2 v2.6.0.43 devices was found to be insecure, allowing attackers (with access to a network capture) to quickly generate multiple collisions to generate valid passwords, or infer some parts of the original.

Affected configurations

• netgear gs116e firmware 2.6.0.43 • netgear jgs516pe firmware 2.6.0.43

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength weakness

References