What is CVE-2024-38270?

CVE-2024-38270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zyxel Gs1900-10hp, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-38270?

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

Is CVE-2024-38270 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Zyxel Gs1900-10hp

CVE-2024-38270

An insufficient entropy vulnerability caused by the improper use of a randomness function with low entropy for web authentication tokens generation exists in the Zyxel GS1900-10HP firmware version V2.80(AAZI.0)C0. This vulnerability could…

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Zyxel Gs1900-10hp
Zyxel Gs1900-10hp Firmware — versions V2.80(AAZI.0)C0
Zyxel Gs1900-10hp_firmware
Zyxel Gs1900-16
Zyxel Gs1900-16_firmware
Zyxel Gs1900-24
Zyxel Gs1900-24e
Zyxel Gs1900-24e_firmware
Zyxel Gs1900-24ep
Zyxel Gs1900-24ep_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-331 — Insufficient Entropy

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security@zyxel.com.tw (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38270?: CVE-2024-38270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zyxel Gs1900-10hp, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-38270?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-38270 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.