CVE-2020-36907

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2020-5566.php

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/extreme-networks-aerohive-hiveos-x-x-unauthenticated-remote-denial-of-service

https://www.extremenetworks.com

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48441

https://packetstorm.news/files/id/157587

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181649

https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/iq-engine-hive-os-announcements/bg-p/IQ_Engine_Hive_OS_Announcements

https://advisories.ncsc.nl/2020/ncsc-2020-0367.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-06

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: 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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00383