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CVE-2026-5846 (GCVE-0-2026-5846)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-30 21:12 – Updated: 2026-07-31 20:12

Title

Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in Watchfire Controllers

Summary

The affected Watchfire Controller Software contains self-signed hard-coded RSA private keys and corresponding X.509 certificates used for authenticating and encrypting HTTPS/TLS connections to the controller's built-in web management interface. These keys are embedded in plaintext within the application patch binaries in the firmware directly from Watchfire's Remote Support filestore.

Severity

5.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

7.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-321 - Use of hard-coded cryptographic key

Assigner

icscert

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…
https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf…

Impacted products

4 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Watchfire	BC550	Affected: 12.30 Unaffected: 12.31 SP1
Watchfire	BC750	Affected: 11.33 Unaffected: 11.34 Affected: 12.35 Unaffected: 12.36 SP1
Watchfire	BC760	Affected: 12.38 Unaffected: 12.41 SP1 Affected: 13.00 Unaffected: 14.00 SP1
Watchfire	BC760DC	Affected: 12.39 Unaffected: 12.41 SP1

Credits

James Tilson reported the vulnerability to CISA

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GHSA-5QVX-VVGC-3MV8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-31 00:30 – Updated: 2026-07-31 00:30

Details

Severity

5.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

7.6 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-211-09"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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}

ICSA-26-211-09

Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2026-07-30 06:00 - Updated: 2026-07-30 22:56

Summary

Watchfire Controller Software

Notes

Legal Notice and Terms of Use: This product is provided subject to this Notification (https://www.cisa.gov/notification) and this Privacy & Use policy (https://www.cisa.gov/privacy-policy).

Advisory Summary: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a malicious user the ability to deliver malicious firmware that can update and gain full control of the controller.

Critical infrastructure sectors: Commercial Facilities, Critical Manufacturing, Healthcare and Public Health, Financial Services

Countries/areas deployed: United States, Dominican Republic, Canada, Peru, El Salvador

Company headquarters location: United States

Recommended Practices: CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.

Recommended Practices: Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the internet.

Recommended Practices: Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.

Recommended Practices: When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as the connected devices.

Recommended Practices: CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.

Recommended Practices: CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.

Recommended Practices: CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.

Recommended Practices: Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.

Recommended Practices: Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.

Recommended Practices: CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:

Recommended Practices: Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages.

Recommended Practices: Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams.

Recommended Practices: Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.

Recommended Practices: No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time. This vulnerability has a high attack complexity.

CVE-2026-5846

5.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Affected products

Known affected 6 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Watchfire BC550: 12.30 Watchfire / BC550	12.30	Mitigation Vendor Fix
Watchfire BC750: 11.33 Watchfire / BC750	11.33	Mitigation Vendor Fix
Watchfire BC750: 12.35 Watchfire / BC750	12.35	Mitigation Vendor Fix
Watchfire BC760: 12.38 Watchfire / BC760	12.38	Mitigation Vendor Fix
Watchfire BC760: 13.00 Watchfire / BC760	13.00	Mitigation Vendor Fix
Watchfire BC760DC: 12.39 Watchfire / BC760DC	12.39	Mitigation Vendor Fix

References

17 references

URL	Category
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/de…	self
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…	self
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-…	external
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ic…	external
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publicat…	external
https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems	external
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/p…	external
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/tips/ST04-014	external
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-alerts/ics-a…	external
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommen…	external
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/targeted-cy…	external
https://www.cisa.gov/secure-our-world/teach-emplo…	external
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/avoiding-so…	external
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/321.html	external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5846	external
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.…	external
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.…	external

Acknowledgments

James Tillson

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}

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CVE-2026-5846 (GCVE-0-2026-5846)

GHSA-5QVX-VVGC-3MV8

ICSA-26-211-09

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