High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-35221

Description

The hashing algorithm implemented for NSDP password authentication on NETGEAR JGS516PE/GS116Ev2 v2.6.0.43 devices was found to be insecure, allowing attackers (with access to a network capture) to quickly generate multiple collisions to generate valid passwords, or infer some parts of the original.

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Affected products

Netgear/JGS516PE/GS116Ev2llm-fuzzy
Range: 2.6.0.43
NETGEAR/JGS516PE/GS116Ev2description
Netgear/Gs116e Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs116e_firmware:2.6.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Netgear/Jgs516pe Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:jgs516pe_firmware:2.6.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/08/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-netgear-prosafe-plus-jgs516pe-gs116ev2-switches/nvdVendor Advisory

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