CVE-2006-3896: Neoscale Systems Cryptostor Tape 700

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The NeoScale Systems CryptoStor 700 series appliance before 2.6 relies on client-side ActiveX code for smartcard authentication, which allows remote attackers to bypass smartcard authentication, and gain access if able to present a valid username and password, by disabling ActiveX.

Affected products

• Neoscale Systems Cryptostor Tape 700: any version

Published 2006-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.