Quick answers
- Is CVE-2017-20242 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2017-20242 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2017-20242?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 4 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Keysight Hawkeye before 6.0.7; Keysight IxByPass before 3.13.0.69; Keysight IxChariot before 10.0.254; Keysight IxChariot Endpoint before 9.5.102.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2017-20242?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2017-20242 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2017-20242?
- Check whether you run Keysight Hawkeye, Keysight IxByPass, Keysight IxChariot or one of the others listed at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
This is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Keysight IxChariot Endpoint. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted packet over the network to the affected endpoint. The vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution or denial of service (crash). The vulnerability affects versions before 9.5.102 and versions of IxChariot before 10.0.254. No authentication is required, and the attack is remotely exploitable via network access to the endpoint.
Affected products
- Keysight IxChariot Endpoint before 9.5.102
- Keysight IxChariot before 10.0.254
- Keysight Hawkeye before 6.0.7
- Keysight IxByPass before 3.13.0.69
- Keysight IxTap
- Keysight IxProbe
Timeline
- 2026-08-04: disclosed