An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4.
Priority LOW 28CWE-330Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code that initializes the DNS client interface structure does not set sufficiently random transaction IDs (they are always set to 1 in _fnet_dns_poll in fnet_dns.c). This significantly simplifies DNS cache poisoning attacks.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02098 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-17470
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p7pr-45q9-5m9w
References
More Butok Fnet vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-16750 In FNET 4.6.3, TCP ISNs are improperly random. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2020-14924 An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2020-13227 An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2020-13229 An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-13228 An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-17470 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-17470 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p7pr-45q9-5m9w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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