CVE-2023-40463 (GCVE-0-2023-40463)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-04 22:57 – Updated: 2025-05-29 13:43
VLAI?
Title
Use of Hard-Coded Credentials
Summary
When configured in debugging mode by an authenticated user with administrative privileges, ALEOS 4.16 and earlier store the SHA512 hash of the common root password for that version in a directory accessible to a user with root privileges or equivalent access.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
SWI
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SierraWireless ALEOS Affected: 4.10 , ≤ 4.16 (Custom)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.9.8 (Custom)
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