CVE-2024-8455 — PLANET Technology switch devices - Swctrl service exchanges weakly encoded passwords
The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this serv…
Published: 2024-09-30 · CVSS: 8.1 · CVSS 3.1
The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this service are encoded user passwords. Due to insufficient strength, unauthorized remote attackers who intercept the packets can directly crack them to obtain plaintext passwords.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7