CVE-2019-17584: Meinbergglobal syncbox/ptpv2 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Meinberg SyncBox/PTP/PTPv2 devices have default SSH keys which allow attackers to get root access to the devices. All firmware versions up to v5.34o, v5.34s, v5.32* or 5.34g are affected. The private key is also used in an internal interface of another Meinberg Device and can be extracted from a firmware update of this device. An update to fix the vulnerability was published by the vendor.

Affected products

• Meinbergglobal syncbox/ptpv2 Firmware: before 5.34o (fixed in 5.34o); before 5.34s (fixed in 5.34s); before 5.32 (fixed in 5.32); before 5.34g (fixed in 5.34g)

Published 2020-01-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.