CVE-2026-47116CWE-798hardcoded-credentials

CVE-2026-47116

Critical · published September 23, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

LTSecurity LTK3500SF contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability where the root and guest account passwords are stored in /etc/shadow as weak hashes recoverable with dictionary-based cracking tools. The recovered credentials authenticate against the device's Telnet and SSH services and grant root-level access to the operating system. These services are not confirmed to start automatically at boot, so exploitation requires Telnet or SSH to be running, whether enabled by the device configuration or started manually.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
9.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00512 · 42.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2026-09-23T00:17Z
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 SEP 03:23Z
    EPSS moved — → 1%
    epss
  • 22 SEP 19:19Z
    LTSecurity LTK3500SF Hard-coded Credentials via Telnet/SSH
    cvelistv5