CVE-2020-37206 ShareAlarmPro Advanced Network Access Control - 'Key' Denial of Service

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Attackers can crash ShareAlarmPro by supplying an oversized registration key, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-37206?

CVE-2020-37206 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nsasoft Nsauditor ShareAlarmPro Advanced Network Access Control, published on 11 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

ShareAlarmPro contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized registration key. Attackers can generate a 1000-character buffer payload to trigger an application crash when pasted into the registration key field.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-37206?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nsasoft Sharealarmpro.

How do I fix CVE-2020-37206?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-37206 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37206 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q3c5-6hmj-6999.

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