CVE-2017-20237: belden hirschmann industrial hivision Improper Authentication
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-20237 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in belden hirschmann industrial hivision. EPSS estimates a 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 03-04-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 14-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Hirschmann Industrial HiVision versions prior to 06.0.07 and 07.0.03 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the master service that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. Attackers can invoke exposed interface methods over the remote service to bypass authentication and achieve remote code execution on the underlying operating system.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST9.3CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.96%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
61%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.96% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Belden1 product
- hirschmann industrial hivision≤ 06.0.06 | ≤ 07.0.02
1 vendor · 1 product
References
2 links- assets.belden.com/m/…Vendor Advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/…Third Party Advisory