CVE-2026-8170: Switch Engine (EXOS) 0 to before 31.7.4, 32.0.0 to before 32.7.4.15, 33.0.0 to before 33.1.100, 33.2.0 to before 33.7.1

Affected technology

Switch Engine (EXOS) · 0 to before 31.7.4, 32.0.0 to before 32.7.4.15, 33.0.0 to before 33.1.100, 33.2.0 to before 33.7.1
Extreme Networks

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

An attacker with low-privilege CLI access can create a symbolic link that references a privileged filesystem location and then invoke the affected utilities to read, modify, or replace security-critical files outside of their authorized scope. Source advisory’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.7/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.