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Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Dec 14, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 13, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 14, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

1.748%
(88th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-40858

GHSA ID

GHSA-9w6r-rp23-g8hv

Source code

No known source code

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