5.4

CVE-2017-20233: belden hirschmann hilcos bat867 Improper Access Control

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
Published 03-04-2026Last modified 25-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-20233 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Improper Access Control vulnerability in belden hirschmann hilcos bat867. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Belden2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links