CVE-2021-4228 (GCVE-0-2021-4228)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-05 20:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Hard-coded TLS Certificate
Summary
Use of hard-coded TLS certificate by default allows an attacker to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks even in the presence of the HTTPS connection. This issue affects: Lanner Inc IAC-AST2500A standard firmware version 1.00.0.
Severity
5.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-05 20:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanner Inc | IAC-AST2500A |
Affected:
1.00.0
|
guessed |
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