CWE-798— Use of Hard-coded Credentials
The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key.— MITRE CWE catalog
1,982 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-798page 33 of 40
- CVE-2024-27168HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12024-06-14
It appears that some hardcoded keys are used for authentication to internal API. Knowing these private keys may allow attackers to bypass authentication and reach administrative interfaces. As for the affected products/models/versions, see…
- CVE-2023-52723HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12024-04-29
In KDE libksieve before 23.03.80, kmanagesieve/session.cpp places a cleartext password in server logs because a username variable is accidentally given a password value.
- CVE-2023-34338HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12023-07-05
AMI SPx contains a vulnerability in the BMC where an Attacker may cause a use of hard-coded cryptographic key by a hard-coded certificate. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and ava…
- CVE-2022-3928HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12023-01-05
Hardcoded credential is found in affected products' message queue. An attacker that manages to exploit this vulnerability will be able to access data to the internal message queue. This issue affects * FOXMAN-UN product: FOXMAN-…
- CVE-2022-22560HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12022-04-12
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.x - 9.1.x contain hard coded credentials. This allows a local user with knowledge of the credentials to login as the admin user to the backend ethernet switch of a PowerScale cluster. The attacker can exploit …
- CVE-2020-16258HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12020-10-28
Winston 1.5.4 devices make use of a Monit service (not managed during the normal user process) which is configured with default credentials.
- CVE-2019-5139HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12020-02-25
An exploitable use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability exists in multiple iw_* utilities of the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. The device operating system contains an undocumented encryption password, allowing for the creation o…
- CVE-2019-1688HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12019-02-12
A vulnerability in the management web interface of Cisco Network Assurance Engine (NAE) could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to gain unauthorized access or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition on the server. The vulnerabilit…
- CVE-2025-34501HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-11-03
Deck Mate 2 is distributed with static, hard-coded credentials for the root shell and web user interface, while multiple management services (SSH, HTTP, Telnet, SMB, X11) are enabled by default. If an attacker can reach these interfaces - …
- CVE-2024-48842HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-09-17
Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in ABB FLXEON.This issue affects FLXEON: through 9.3.5 and newer versions
- CVE-2025-9778HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-09-01
A security vulnerability has been detected in Tenda W12 up to 3.0.0.6(3948). Affected is an unknown function of the file /etc_ro/shadow of the component Administrative Interface. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. An attack …
- CVE-2025-9731HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-08-31
A vulnerability was determined in Tenda AC9 15.03.05.19. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /etc_ro/shadow of the component Administrative Interface. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. It is possible to l…
- CVE-2025-9309HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-08-21
A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC10 16.03.10.13. Affected is an unknown function of the file /etc_ro/shadow of the component MD5 Hash Handler. Performing manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. The attack needs to be approached…
- CVE-2024-7206HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02024-10-08
SSL Pinning Bypass in eWeLink Some hardware products allows local ATTACKER to Decrypt TLS communication and Extract secrets to clone the device via Flash the modified firmware
- CVE-2022-22766HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02022-02-11
Hardcoded credentials are used in specific BD Pyxis products. If exploited, threat actors may be able to gain access to the underlying file system and could potentially exploit application files for information that could be used to decryp…
- CVE-2018-1214HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02018-02-12
Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise version 1.1 creates a local Windows user account named "OMEAdapterUser" with a default password as part of the installation process. This unnecessary user account also remains even after an upgrade from v1…
- CVE-2026-17038MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92026-09-10
DrEryk Gabinet before 11.5.0 uses hard-coded API credentials in its ticket reporting component. These credentials can be used to authenticate directly to the ticket system API. This allows an attacker to perform privileged operations beyo…
- CVE-2026-4832MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92026-04-14
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could cause unauthorized access to sensitive device information when an unauthenticated attacker is able to interrogate the SNMP port.
- CVE-2026-1612MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92026-03-30
AL-KO Robolinho Update Software has hard-coded AWS Access and Secret keys that allow anyone to access AL-KO's AWS bucket. Using the keys directly might give the attacker greater access than the app itself. Key grants AT LEAST read access t…
- CVE-2025-55279MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92025-08-13
This vulnerability exists in ZKTeco WL20 due to hard-coded private key stored in plaintext within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary da…
- CVE-2025-4570MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92025-07-21
An insecure sensitive key storage issue was found in MyASUS. potentially allowing unauthorized actor to obtain a token that could be used to communicate with certain services. Refer to the 'Security Update for for MyASUS' section on the…
- CVE-2025-6982MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92025-07-16
Use of Hard-coded Credentials in TP-Link Archer C50 V3( <= 180703)/V4( <= 250117 )/V5( <= 200407 ), and C20 V5 (<US_V5_260419 or <EU_V5_260317) allows attackers to decrypt the config.xml files.
- CVE-2026-128910MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-11-13
Use of hard-coded credentials (CWE-798) on the 1300 communications board in DJI AeroScope Mobile (TP703) firmware 03.00.00.26, with 1300 communications board firmware 02.00.07.12 through 02.00.08.40, allows an attacker with physical access…
- CVE-2026-19124MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-11-07
IBM API Connect 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.8.12 could allow an attacker with access to stored data to decrypt sensitive credentials due to the use of a hard-coded cryptographic key. The key protecting stored credentials is built into the produc…
- CVE-2026-79959MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-09-24
The Botslab G980H dash camera firmware contains a hard-coded root account password that cannot be changed by the user. An attacker who obtains the firmware or has physical access to the device could recover the credential and use it to obt…
- CVE-2026-85083MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-09-11
The ANJIA AJL33PC0801 IP camera uses a hard-coded credential for bootloader authentication. An attacker with physical access to the device may leverage this weakness to gain privileged bootloader access, allowing unauthorized modification …
- CVE-2026-73847MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-08-14
Emlog is an open source website building system. In 2.6.26 and earlier, missing CSRF protection on the AI Assistant execute_tool action in admin/ai.php lets a remote unauthenticated attacker submit a forged cross-site request from an attac…
- CVE-2025-59095MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-01-26
The program libraries (DLL) and binaries used by exos 9300 contain multiple hard-coded secrets. One notable example is the function "EncryptAndDecrypt" in the library Kaba.EXOS.common.dll. This algorithm uses a simple XOR encryption techni…
- CVE-2025-54465MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82025-08-13
This vulnerability exists in ZKTeco WL20 due to hard-coded MQTT credentials and endpoints stored in plaintext within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by extracting the firmware and anal…
- CVE-2025-8231MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82025-07-27
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in D-Link DIR-890L up to 111b04. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file rgbin of the component UART Port. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. I…
- CVE-2025-52363MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82025-07-14
Tenda CP3 Pro Firmware V22.5.4.93 contains a hardcoded root password hash in the /etc/passwd file and /etc/passwd-. An attacker with access to the firmware image can extract and attempt to crack the root password hash, potentially obtainin…
- CVE-2025-5751MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82025-06-06
WOLFBOX Level 2 EV Charger Management Card Hard-coded Credentials Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of WOLFBOX Level 2 EV Charger.…
- CVE-2022-27600MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82024-12-19
An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow remote attackers to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alread…
- CVE-2024-8449MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82024-09-30
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology have a Hard-coded Credential in the password recovering functionality, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to connect to the device via the serial console and use this credential to reset any u…
- CVE-2024-31798MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82024-08-15
Identical Hardcoded Root Password for All Devices in GNCC's GC2 Indoor Security Camera 1080P allows an attacker with physical access to retrieve the root password for all similar devices
- CVE-2023-40146MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82024-04-17
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the /bin/login functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 (in QEMU). A specially crafted command line argument can lead to a limited-shell escape and elevated capabilities. An attacker can a…
- CVE-2024-1344MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82024-02-19
Encrypted database credentials in LaborOfficeFree affecting version 19.10. This vulnerability allows an attacker to read and extract the username and password from the database of 'LOF_service.exe' and 'LaborOfficeFree.exe' located in the …
- CVE-2023-50124MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82024-01-11
Flient Smart Door Lock v1.0 is vulnerable to Use of Default Credentials. Due to default credentials on a debug interface, in combination with certain design choices, an attacker can unlock the Flient Smart Door Lock by replacing the finger…
- CVE-2022-22466MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82023-10-23
IBM Security Verify Governance 10.0 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. …
- CVE-2023-33920MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82023-06-13
A vulnerability has been identified in CP-8031 MASTER MODULE (All versions < CPCI85 V05), CP-8050 MASTER MODULE (All versions < CPCI85 V05). The affected devices contain the hash of the root password in a hard-coded form, which could be ex…
- CVE-2021-42849MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82022-05-18
A weak default password for the serial port was reported in some Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage devices that could allow unauthorized device access to an attacker with physical access.
- CVE-2022-25213MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82022-03-10
Improper physical access control and use of hard-coded credentials in /etc/passwd permits an attacker with physical access to obtain a root shell via an unprotected UART port on the device. The same port exposes an unauthenticated Das U-Bo…
- CVE-2021-35232MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82021-12-27
Hard coded credentials discovered in SolarWinds Web Help Desk product. Through these credentials, the attacker with local access to the Web Help Desk host machine allows to execute arbitrary HQL queries against the database and leverage th…
- CVE-2021-31505MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82021-06-29
This vulnerability allows attackers with physical access to escalate privileges on affected installations of Arlo Q Plus 1.9.0.3_278. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SSH ser…
- CVE-2020-27256MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82021-01-19
In SOOIL Developments Co., Ltd Diabecare RS, AnyDana-i and AnyDana-A, a hard-coded physician PIN in the physician menu of the insulin pump allows attackers with physical access to change insulin therapy settings.
- CVE-2020-29193MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82020-12-28
Panasonic Security System WV-S2231L 4.25 has an insecure hard-coded password of lkjhgfdsa (which is just the asdf keyboard row in reverse order).
- CVE-2018-17767MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82020-09-09
Ingenico Telium 2 POS terminals have hardcoded PPP credentials. This is fixed in Telium 2 SDK v9.32.03 patch N.
- CVE-2020-5222MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82020-01-30
Opencast before 7.6 and 8.1 enables a remember-me cookie based on a hash created from the username, password, and an additional system key. This means that an attacker getting access to a remember-me token for one server can get access to …
- CVE-2019-3983MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82019-12-11
Blink XT2 Sync Module firmware prior to 2.13.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and commands on the device due to insufficient UART protections.
- CVE-2019-10688MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82019-04-23
VVX products with software versions including and prior to, UCS 5.9.2 with Better Together over Ethernet Connector (BToE) application 3.9.1, use hard-coded credentials to establish connections between the host application and the device.
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