Zyxel security advisory for security misconfiguration vulnerability of 4G LTE indoor routers

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CVE: CVE-2023-22920

Summary

Zyxel has released patches for 4G LTE indoor routers LTE3202-M437 and LTE3316-M604 to address a security misconfiguration vulnerability. Users are advised to install the patch for optimal protection.

What is the vulnerability?

A security misconfiguration vulnerability exists in the previous firmware versions of LTE3202-M437 and LTE3316-M604 due to a factory default misconfiguration intended for testing purposes. A remote attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access an affected device using Telnet.

What versions are vulnerable—and what should you do?

After a thorough investigation, we’ve identified only two vulnerable products that are within the vulnerability support period and released firmware patches to address the issue, as shown in the table below.

Affected model

Affected version

Patch availability

LTE3202-M437

V1.00(ABWF.1)C0

V1.00(ABWF.2)C0

LTE3316-M604

V2.00(ABMP.6)C0

V2.00(ABMP.7)C0

If an on-market product is not listed above, it is NOT affected.

Got a question?

Please contact your local service rep or visit Zyxel’s Community for further information or assistance.

Acknowledgment

Thanks to Geoffroy Martin, Max Nolent, and ANSSI CERT-FR for reporting the issue to us.

Revision history

2023-2-22: Initial release