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CVE-2026-5846 HIGH

Published: 2026-07-30 | Last Modified: 2026-07-31 | Status: Received

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.7 (MEDIUM)

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

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredHIGH
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactNONE

Source: [email protected]

Type: Secondary

Exploitability Score: 0.5

Impact Score: 5.2

Base Score: 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/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

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Attack RequirementsPRESENT
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionPASSIVE
Vulnerability ConfidentialityHIGH
Vulnerability IntegrityHIGH
Vulnerability AvailabilityNONE
Subsequent ConfidentialityNONE
Subsequent IntegrityNONE
Subsequent AvailabilityNONE

Source: [email protected]

Type: Secondary

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-321
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