CVE-2024-8455

Summary

The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this service are encoded user passwords. Due to insufficient strength, unauthorized remote attackers who intercept the packets can directly crack them to obtain plaintext passwords.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
PLANET TechnologyGS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.00 < 2.305b240719affected
PLANET TechnologyGS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.00 < 3.305b240802affected
PLANET TechnologyIGS-5225-4UP1T2S hardware 1.00affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-261: CWE-261 Weak Encoding for Password

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References