CVE-2020-36907
Extreme Networks Aerohive HiveOS <=11.x 11.x Unauthenticated Remote Denial of Service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Jan 6, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 23, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 3, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Aerohive HiveOSExtreme Networks |
|
References
- ExploitDB-48441exploit
- Extreme Networks Product Homepageproduct
- HiveOS Product Announcementsproduct
- Zero Science Lab Disclosure (ZSL-2020-5566)third-party-advisory
- NCSC Security Advisorythird-party-advisory
- IBM X-Force Vulnerability Exchangevdb-entry
- Packet Storm Security Exploit Entryexploit
- VulnCheck Advisory: Extreme Networks Aerohive HiveOS <=11.x 11.x Unauthenticated Remote Denial of Servicethird-party-advisory
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