Vulnerability: Lack of Encryption in Telnet Communication on NPort IA5000A Series Devices

Vulnerability: Lack of Encryption in Telnet Communication on NPort IA5000A Series Devices

CVE-2020-27184 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

The NPort IA5000A Series devices use Telnet as one of the network device management services. Telnet does not support the encryption of client-server communications, making it vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attacks.

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