CVE-2020-17409

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 50.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-10-13 17:10Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:53Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-08-07

Assigning CNA

zdi

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or ChannelBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

75e265f3c1dcac4e664cff6d0839bfef63a17a684bf5c1eccb658ec415c37a19

• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1176/x_refsource_MISC
• kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000062304/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2020-0258x_refsource_MISC