Insufficiently Protected CredentialsWeakness · CWE-522

CVE-2026-27770

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-06
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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74/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Charging station authentication identifiers are publicly accessible via web-based mapping platforms.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Authentication identifiers (such as API keys, tokens, or authentication credentials) used by electric vehicle charging stations are being inadvertently published through public web-based mapping platforms. This exposure allows unauthorized parties to discover and potentially misuse these credentials for authentication to charging station backend systems.

MitigationImmediately rotate all exposed authentication identifiers, remove sensitive data from publicly accessible mapping platforms, and implement data handling procedures to prevent sensitive credentials from being included in publicly available geographic information system data.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify EV charging station deployment
    Inventory all electric vehicle charging station hardware and software systems in your environment, noting the operators and backend systems they connect to
    Affected if You operate electric vehicle charging stations that utilize authentication credentials to communicate with backend systems
  2. Check for public mapping platform presence
    Search major public web-based mapping platforms (such as Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Apple Maps, and PlugShare) for your charging station locations using your known site addresses or network names
    Affected if Your charging stations have entries on public mapping platforms that could contain or link to sensitive data
  3. Inspect publicly shared station data
    View the full details of your charging station entries on each mapping platform, examining all fields for exposed API keys, tokens, authentication URLs, or credential strings in attributes such as custom data fields, operator URLs, or metadata
    Affected if Any public entry contains authentication identifiers, URLs with embedded credentials, API keys, or token values in visible fields
  4. Search for credential patterns in mapping data
    Use the search function on mapping platforms to look for your organization name combined with common credential patterns (key=, token=, auth=, api=, password=, credentials=) or scan any raw data exports if the platform offers data downloads
    Affected if Search results return any matches showing authentication credentials associated with your charging infrastructure
  5. Verify backend system access
    If credentials were found publicly, attempt to confirm unauthorized access by reviewing backend authentication logs for unexpected API calls or access from unfamiliar IP addresses originating after the public exposure
    Affected if Authentication logs show access attempts using the publicly exposed credentials from unknown sources

You are affected if your electric vehicle charging station authentication identifiers are visible in any publicly accessible mapping platform data.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Immediately rotate all exposed authentication identifiers, remove sensitive data from publicly accessible mapping platforms, and implement data handling procedures to prevent sensitive credentials from being included in publicly available geographic information system data.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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