CVE-2026-8989 (GCVE-0-2026-8989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-21 21:24 – Updated: 2026-07-22 19:37
VLAI
Title
Open Recovery Mode
Summary
Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 permits unrestricted access to the NXP i.MX6 recovery mode through exposed hardware recovery pins. An attacker with physical access can boot attacker-controlled code in memory and modify or extract firmware and other sensitive data.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1191 - On-Chip debug and test interface with improper access control
  • CWE-1244 - Internal asset exposed to unsafe debug access level or state
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://cyberdanube.com/security-research/multipl… third-party-advisoryexploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Autel MaxiCharger Single Affected: 0 , ≤ V1.03.51 (custom)
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Credits
S. Eisenreich-Dietz (CyberDanube) T. Weber (CyberDanube) D. Blagojevic (CyberDanube) F. Koroknai (CyberDanube)
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