What is CVE-2020-35221?

CVE-2020-35221 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-35221?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e

CVE-2020-35221

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 ge…

EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Gs116e — versions v2
Netgear Gs116e_firmware — versions 2.6.0.43
Netgear Jgs516pe
Netgear Jgs516pe_firmware — versions 2.6.0.43
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35221?: CVE-2020-35221 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-35221?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.