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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2024-8454 json

PLANET Technology switch devices - Swctrl service DoS attack

published 2024-09-30 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-49188

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. Certain switch models have a Denial-of-Service vulnerability in the swctrl service, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to send crafted packets that can crash the service.

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
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0
  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0
  • PLANET Technology IGS-5225-4UP1T2S hardware 1.0
  • planet_technology_corp gs-4210-24pl4c_hardware_2.0
  • planet_technology_corp gs-4210-24pl4c_hardware_3.0
  • planet_technology_corp igs-5225-4up1t2s_hardware_1.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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