FKIE_CVE-2020-36907

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-06 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:16
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Aerohive HiveOS contains a denial of service vulnerability in the NetConfig UI that allows unauthenticated attackers to render the web interface unusable. Attackers can send a crafted HTTP request to the action.php5 script with specific parameters to trigger a 5-minute service disruption.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://advisories.ncsc.nl/2020/ncsc-2020-0367.html
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/iq-engine-hive-os-announcements/bg-p/IQ_Engine_Hive_OS_Announcements
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181649
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://packetstorm.news/files/id/157587
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48441
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.extremenetworks.com
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/extreme-networks-aerohive-hiveos-x-x-unauthenticated-remote-denial-of-service
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2020-5566.php
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:16:28.500",
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