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CVE-2020-17494

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-11-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-326

Description

Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.

Affected products

• Untangle Firewall Ng: before 16.0 — fixed in 16.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Untangle Firewall Ng 16.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/blob/1d232efe2c17a8838b59bbbeaf166dafa94676af/uvm/hier/usr/share/untangle/web/auth/index.py#L196-L200
• https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/search?q=author%3Abmastbergen+committer-date%3A2020-08-10&type=commits
• https://pastebin.com/s7UYG3vX
• https://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/16.0.0_-_16.0.1_Changelog
• https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/blob/1d232efe2c17a8838b59bbbeaf166dafa94676af/uvm/hier/usr/share/untangle/web/auth/index.py#L196-L200
• https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/search?q=author%3Abmastbergen+committer-date%3A2020-08-10&type=commits
• https://pastebin.com/s7UYG3vX
• https://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/16.0.0_-_16.0.1_Changelog

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