CVE-2020-25226
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-01-12
- Fixed in5.5.0
- WeaknessCWE-122 · CWE-787
Am I affected?
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Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE X-200 switch family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants) (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X-200IRT switch family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants) (All versions < V5.5.0). The web server of the affected devices contains a vulnerability that may lead to a buffer overflow condition. An attacker could cause this condition on the webserver by sending a specially crafted request. The webserver could stop and not recover anymore.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-01-1221:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-25226?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-25226?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | < 5.5.0 | 5.5.0 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | < 5.5.0 | 5.5.0 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | < 5.5.0 | 5.5.0 | NVD |
63 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Siemens SCALANCE X Products (Update B)
SCALANCE X-200 switch family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants) · SCALANCE X-200IRT switch family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants)
Fix
- Update Siemens scalance x200-4pirt firmware to 5.5.0
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-012-05 · 1 productUpdate to V5.2.5 or later version
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-012-05 · 1 productUpdate to V5.5.0 or later version
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-012-05 · 2 productsLimit network traffic of web servers of Scalance X switches to trusted connections by firewall rules (port 443/tcp).
Advisories and patches
- cert-portal.siemens.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.010read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-122read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-787read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.7 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2021-01-12
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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