Hirschmann Industrial HiVision Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Hirschmann Industrial HiVision versions prior to 06.0.07 and 07.0.03 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the master service that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. Attackers can invoke exposed interface methods over the remote service to bypass authentication and achieve remote code execution on the underlying operating system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Hirschmann Industrial HiVision (Belden) Fixed in 06.0.07, 07.0.03
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-20237
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-27cv-h3wc-24hg
References
More Belden vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-09143 Wind River VxWorks has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 1 of 4). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-09145 Wind River VxWorks 6.6 through 6.9 has a Buffer Overflow in the DHCP client component. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-19123 The web server of Hirschmann BAT-C2 before 09.13.01.00R04 allows authenticated command… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-09144 Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and vx7 has a Buffer Overflow in the IPv4 component. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-09148 Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and vx7 has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 2 of 4). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-43113 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the web management interface… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2017-20237 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-20237 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-27cv-h3wc-24hg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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