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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2017-20233 EUVD-2017-18955

Hirschmann HiLCOS Layer-2 Firewall Multicast Broadcast Traffic Bypass

Published Apr 3, 2026 · Updated May 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Hirschmann HiLCOS products OpenBAT, BAT450, WLC, BAT867 contains a firewall filtering vulnerability that fails to correctly filter IPv4 multicast and broadcast traffic when management IP address filtering is disabled, allowing configured filter rules to be bypassed. Attackers with network access can inject or observe multicast and broadcast packets that should have been blocked by the firewall.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Belden Hirschmann HiLCOS OpenBAT, BAT450, WLC ≤ 9.10.5126-REL, ≤ 9.12.5500-REL —
Belden Hirschmann HiLCOS BAT867 ≤ 9.14.5500-REL —

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