# CVE-2020-13365: Certain Zyxel products have a locally accessible binary that allows a non-root user to generate a password for an undocumented user account

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-08-06 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Certain Zyxel products have a locally accessible binary that allows a non-root user to generate a password for an undocumented user account that can be used for a TELNET session as root. This affects NAS520 V5.21(AASZ.4)C0, V5.21(AASZ.0)C0, V5.11(AASZ.3)C0, and V5.11(AASZ.0)C0; NAS542 V5.11(ABAG.0)C0, V5.20(ABAG.1)C0, and V5.21(ABAG.3)C0; NSA325 v2_V4.81(AALS.0)C0 and V4.81(AAAJ.1)C0; NSA310 4.22(AFK.0)C0 and 4.22(AFK.1)C0; NAS326 V5.21(AAZF.8)C0, V5.11(AAZF.4)C0, V5.11(AAZF.2)C0, and V5.11(AAZF.3)C0; NSA310S V4.75(AALH.2)C0; NSA320S V4.75(AANV.2)C0 and V4.75(AANV.1)C0; NSA221 V4.41(AFM.1)C0; and NAS540 V5.21(AATB.5)C0 and V5.21(AATB.3)C0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.zyxel.com/us/en/support/security_advisories.shtml
- https://www.zyxel.com/support/Zyxel-security-advisory-for-NAS-remote-access-vulnerability.shtml

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