Critical Vulnerability: CVE-2017-7576 — dragonwavex — horizon_wireless_radio_firmware, horizon_wireless_radio

CVE-2017-7576 is a critical-severity vulnerability tracked under the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program. DragonWave Horizon 1.01.03 wireless radios have hardcoded login credentials (such as the username of energetic and password of wireless) meant to allow the vendor to access the devices. These credenti

Check whether your environment runs horizon_wireless_radio_firmware, horizon_wireless_radio. If you operate any of those, treat yourself as in scope until you have evidence otherwise. A Vulnios scan will identify the exact assets carrying the affected version.

Critical: do not wait for your normal patch cycle. Verify exposure today, apply the vendor patch immediately, and add detection rules for any post-exploit indicators.

Apply the vendor patch listed in the upstream advisory linked under Sources. If the patch is not yet available, follow the vendor-supplied workaround (often a config flag or feature disable) and add detections for the published exploit pattern in your SIEM. Re-scan after the patch lands to confirm the finding clears.

Watch CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog for CVE-2017-7576. Cross-reference with public exploit databases and your own SIEM/IDS for indicator-of-compromise patterns. Vulnios tracks KEV status automatically and surfaces it on the asset findings view.

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