What is CVE-2020-17494?

CVE-2020-17494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Untangle Firewall Ng, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-17494?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Untangle Firewall Ng

CVE-2020-17494

Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.

Published 2020-11-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Untangle Firewall Ng

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/blob/1d232efe2c17a8838b59bbbeaf166dafa94676af/uvm/… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/search (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
wiki.untangle.com/index.php/16.0.0_-_16.0.1_Changelog (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
pastebin.com/s7UYG3vX (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17494?: CVE-2020-17494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Untangle Firewall Ng, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-17494?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.