CVE-2014-8428
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer 5.0.0.015 via the use of an...
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer 5.0.0.015 via the use of an improperly protected SSH key.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer 5.0.0.015 via the use of an improperly protected SSH key.
- Record
CVE-2014-8428- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer 5.0.0.015 via the use of an improperly protected SSH key.
- Record
CVE-2014-8428- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-8265 No score
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer 5.0.0.015 via the use of an improperly protected SSH key.
- Record
EUVD-2014-8265- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mg9c-8436-cv2g
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer 5.0.0.015 via the use of an...
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer 5.0.0.015 via the use of an improperly protected SSH key.
- Record
GHSA-mg9c-8436-cv2g- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-8428 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Barracuda Load Balancer, published August 28, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.38%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.