Is CVE-2024-8455 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-8455 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-8455?

CVE-2024-8455 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-8455?

CVE-2024-8455 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8455?

Upgrade gs-4210-24p2s firmware to 3.305b240802 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-8455

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-261 CWE-326

How to fix

Remediation Available

gs-4210-24p2s firmwareNVD

Affected:< 3.305b240802Fixed in:3.305b240802CVE-2024-8455derived from NVD

gs-4210-24pl4c firmwareNVD

Affected:< 2.305b240719Fixed in:2.305b240719CVE-2024-8455derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-261 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-10919	Medium	5.9	1.6%	-	-
CVE-2017-7905	Critical	9.8	1.3%	-	-
CVE-2020-10275	Critical	9.8	1.0%	-	-
CVE-2023-22271	Medium	5.3	0.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-31229	Critical	9.1	0.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-38469	High	7.5	0.6%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-10-04.