An issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann GECKO Lite Managed switch, Version 2.0.00 and prior versions.

published 2017-02-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14272

cvss: 5.9; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann GECKO Lite Managed switch, Version 2.0.00 and prior versions. After an administrator downloads a configuration file, a copy of the configuration file, which includes hashes of user passwords, is saved to a location that is accessible without authentication by path traversal.

Patch / fix

links 1

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-026-02 advisory

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-17-026-02A updated 2017-04-18 cvss 5.9

Belden Hirschmann GECKO (Update A)

Belden Hirschmann GECKO Lite Managed switch <= 2.0.00
affected: mitigation “Belden has released a software version, Version 02.0.01, to address the identified vulnerabilities” e-catalog.beldensolutions.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a Belden Hirschmann GECKO 2.0.00 and prior

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-17-026-02
patch, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
securityfocus.com /bid/95815
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-5163
NVD CVE-2017-5163

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Summary