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High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 30, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-8455

CVE-2024-8455

Description

The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this service are encoded user passwords. Due to insufficient strength, unauthorized remote attackers who intercept the packets can directly crack them to obtain plaintext passwords.

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