CVE-2020-17494
Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.
5.3 Medium
Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
0.81%Down 0.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.
- Record
CVE-2020-17494- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-326
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.
- Record
CVE-2020-17494- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9443 No score
Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.
- Record
EUVD-2020-9443- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5m9j-5vqg-5qxw No score
Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.
Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.
- Record
GHSA-5m9j-5vqg-5qxw- Weakness
- CWE-327
- 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-2020-17494 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Untangle Firewall Ng, published November 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/blob/1d232efe2c17a8838b59bbbeaf166dafa94676af/uvm/hier/usr/share/untangle/web/auth/index.py
wiki.untangle.com/index.php/16.0.0_-_16.0.1_Changelog
pastebin.com/s7UYG3vX
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17494