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CVE-2020-36907 (GCVE-0-2020-36907)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-06 15:52 – Updated: 2026-03-23 15:43
VLAI
Title
Extreme Networks Aerohive HiveOS <=11.x 11.x Unauthenticated Remote Denial of Service
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.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-06 19:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Extreme Networks Aerohive HiveOS Affected: <=11.0
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Date Public
2020-05-06 00:00
Credits
LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
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