CVE-2017-20237: Hirschmann Industrial HiVision Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-03 · updated 2026-07-21
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Hirschmann Industrial HiVision versions prior to 06.0.07 and 07.0.03 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the master service that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. Attackers can invoke exposed interface methods over the remote service to bypass authentication and achieve remote code execution on the underlying operating system.

Affected products

Belden Hirschmann Industrial HiVision: through 06.0.06; through 07.0.02

References

https://assets.belden.com/m/1cb01df62f1f31e3/original/Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution-Security-Bulletin-Hirschmann-BSECV-2017-02.pdf
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hirschmann-industrial-hivision-authentication-bypass-remote-code-execution

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