What is CVE-2020-5349?

CVE-2020-5349 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerswitch S4112f-On, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2020-5349?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerswitch S4112f-On

CVE-2020-5349

Dell EMC Networking S4100 and S5200 Series Switches manufactured prior to February 2020 contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated malicious user could exploit this vulnerability and gain administrative privileges.

Published 2021-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln320599/dsa-2020-074-dell-networking-secur… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5349?: CVE-2020-5349 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerswitch S4112f-On, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-5349?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.