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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2024-8448 json

PLANET Technology switch devices - Remote privilege escalation using hard-coded credentials

published 2024-09-30 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-49182

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology have a hard-coded credential in the specific command-line interface, allowing remote attackers with regular privilege to log in with this credential and obtain a Linux root shell.

Patch / fix

  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0 2.305b240719
  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0 3.305b240802
  • planet_technology_corp gs-4210-24pl4c_hardware_2.0 2.305b240719
  • planet_technology_corp gs-4210-24pl4c_hardware_3.0 3.305b240802

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0
  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0
  • planet_technology_corp gs-4210-24pl4c_hardware_2.0
  • planet_technology_corp gs-4210-24pl4c_hardware_3.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.