CVE-2020-29491

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: January 4, 2021 at 09:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:11 AM UTC
8 products affected across 1 vendorWyse ThinOSWyse 5470Wyse 5070

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Dell Wyse ThinOS 8.6 and prior versions contain an insecure default configuration vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to the sensitive information on the local network, leading to the potential compromise of impacted thin clients.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 8.6v < 8.6
Affected range stops below 8.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-wyse-3040 (environment) · dell-wyse-5010 (environment) · dell-wyse-5040 (environment) · dell-wyse-5060 (environment) · dell-wyse-5070-firmware (environment) · dell-wyse-5470 (environment) · dell-wyse-7010 (environment)
All versions
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Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276

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