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CVE-2020-27181

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

A hardcoded AES key in CipherUtils.java in the Java applet of konzept-ix publiXone before 2020.015 allows attackers to craft password-reset tokens or decrypt server-side configuration files.

Affected products

• Konzept-Ix Publixone: before 2020.015 — fixed in 2020.015

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Konzept-Ix Publixone 2020.015. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-publixone/
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Oct/28
• https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-publixone/
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Oct/28

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