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This affects NAS520 V5.21(AASZ.4)C0, V5.21(AASZ.0)C0, V5.11(AASZ.3)C0, and V5.11(AASZ.0)C0; NAS542 V5.11(ABAG.0)C0, V5.20(ABAG.1)C0, and V5.21(ABAG.3)C0; NSA325 v2_V4.81(AALS.0)C0 and V4.81(AAAJ.1)C0; NSA310 4.22(AFK.0)C0 and 4.22(AFK.1)C0; NAS326 V5.21(AAZF.8)C0, V5.11(AAZF.4)C0, V5.11(AAZF.2)C0, and V5.11(AAZF.3)C0; NSA310S V4.75(AALH.2)C0; NSA320S V4.75(AANV.2)C0 and V4.75(AANV.1)C0; NSA221 V4.41(AFM.1)C0; and NAS540 V5.21(AATB.5)C0 and V5.21(AATB.3)C0.","publishedAt":"2020-08-06T16:56:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-04T12:18:17.736Z","severity":{"score":8.4,"label":"High","version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N","source":"mitre"},"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://www.zyxel.com/us/en/support/security_advisories.shtml","https://www.zyxel.com/support/Zyxel-security-advisory-for-NAS-remote-access-vulnerability.shtml"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:46:30.825Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2020/13xxx/CVE-2020-13365.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2020-13365","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2020-08-06T16:56:21.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-04T12:18:17.736Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2020-05-21T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Certain Zyxel products have a locally accessible binary that allows a non-root user to generate a password for an undocumented user account that can be used for a TELNET session as root. 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