CVE-2006-5596: Aep Networks Smartgate SSL Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SSL server in AEP Smartgate 4.3b allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in an HTTP GET request.

Affected products

• Aep Networks Smartgate SSL Server: version 4.3b only

Published 2006-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.