CVE-2017-20233

MEDIUM EPSS 10.4%
Published Apr 3, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.3 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Hirschmann HiLCOS products OpenBAT, BAT450, WLC, BAT867 contains a firewall filtering vulnerability that fails to correctly filter IPv4 multicast and broadcast traffic when management IP address filtering is disabled, allowing configured filter rules to be bypassed. Attackers with network access can inject or observe multicast and broadcast packets that should have been blocked by the firewall.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Adjacent
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
10.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-284

References 2

  • assets.belden.com https://assets.belden.com/m/11a07596f0bf1018/original/Security-Bulletin-IPv4-Multicast-HiLCOS-Layer-2-Firewall-BSECV-2017-03.pdf
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hirschmann-hilcos-layer-2-firewall-multicast-broadcast-traffic-bypass

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.