CVE-2020-35221

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CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

EPSS

<1%p39

Published

Mar 10, 2021 (Mar 10, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The hashing algorithm implemented for NSDP password authentication on NETGEAR JGS516PE/GS116Ev2 v2.6.0.43 devices was found to be insecure, allowing attackers (with access to a network capture) to quickly generate multiple collisions to generate valid passwords, or infer some parts of the original.

Vendors: netgear
Products: gs116e firmware, jgs516pe firmware
Weakness: CWE-326
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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