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CVE-2020-26201

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-12-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-521

Description

Askey AP5100W_Dual_SIG_1.01.097 and all prior versions use a weak password at the Operating System (rlx-linux) level. This allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access as an admin or root user to the device Operating System via Telnet or SSH.

Affected products

• ASKEY Ap5100W Firmware: through 1.01.097

References

• https://medium.com/csg-govtech/bolstering-security-how-i-breached-a-wifi-mesh-access-point-from-close-proximity-to-uncover-f8f77dc3cd5d
• https://www.askey.com.tw/
• https://www.askey.com.tw/incident_report_notifications.html
• https://medium.com/csg-govtech/bolstering-security-how-i-breached-a-wifi-mesh-access-point-from-close-proximity-to-uncover-f8f77dc3cd5d
• https://www.askey.com.tw/
• https://www.askey.com.tw/incident_report_notifications.html

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