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Industrial Wi-Fi networks found to have serious security flaws

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  • Three Advantech access points carried 20 vulnerabilities due to shared firmware
  • Six of the flaws are critical, with a severity score of 9.8
  • They allow for remote code execution, denial of service, and more

Multiple Advantech access points have been found carrying almost two dozen vulnerabilities, some of which even enabled remote code execution (RCE) with root privileges, experts have warned.

A report from cybersecurity researchers at Nozomi Networks, who noted EKI-6333AC-2G, EKI-6333AC-2GD, and EKI-6333AC-1GPO access points had 20 vulnerabilities, due to shared firmware. Of those 20, six were deemed critical, with a severity score of 9.8.

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