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CVE-2014-8428

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8428 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Barracuda Load Balancer version 5.0.0.015, stemming from an improperly protected SSH key. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.0.015CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:barracuda:load_balancer:5.0.0.015:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0236 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/130027/Barracuda-Load-Balancer-ADC-Key-Recovery-Password-Reset.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/76
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory