CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-35801
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects JGS516PE before 2.6.0.48, JGS524Ev2 before 2.6.0.48, JGS524PE before 2.6.0.48, and GS116Ev2 before 2.6.0.48. A TFTP server was found to be active by default. It allows remote authenticated users to update the switch firmware.
Affected configurations
• netgear jgs516pe firmware (< 2.6.0.48)
• netgear jgs524e firmware (< 2.6.0.48)
• netgear jgs524pe firmware (< 2.6.0.48)
• netgear gs116e firmware (< 2.6.0.48)
References
- https://kb.netgear.com/000062635/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-on-Some-Smart-Managed-Plus-Switches-PSV-2020-0376 Vendor Advisory
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/08/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-netgear-prosafe-plus-jgs516pe-gs116ev2-switches/ Not Applicable
- https://kb.netgear.com/000062635/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-on-Some-Smart-Managed-Plus-Switches-PSV-2020-0376 Vendor Advisory
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/08/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-netgear-prosafe-plus-jgs516pe-gs116ev2-switches/ Not Applicable