Hard-coded CredentialsWeakness · CWE-798

CVE-2026-4832

MEDIUM · 6.9 CVSS v4.0 Published 2026-04-14
Mitigation only
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
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
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could cause unauthorized access to sensitive device information when an unauthenticated attacker is able to interrogate the SNMP port.

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 · high confidence

A hard-coded SNMP community string or credentials are embedded in the device firmware, allowing any unauthenticated attacker who can reach the SNMP port to directly access sensitive device information without any authentication or authorization.

MitigationUpdate device firmware to a patched version that removes hard-coded credentials, change any default SNMP community strings to unique values, and restrict SNMP access to authorized management IPs via firewall or ACLs.

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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
Authentication
X
User interaction
None
Scope
X

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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

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

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  1. Verify SNMP service is enabled on the device
    Check device management interface, run 'snmpwalk' against the device, or review device network services configuration to confirm SNMP daemon is running
    Affected if SNMP is enabled and responding to queries on UDP ports 161/162
  2. Identify the configured SNMP community string
    Query the device using snmpwalk with community strings like 'public', 'private', or manufacturer defaults, or inspect device SNMP configuration for the community string in use
    Affected if A default, well-known, or easily guessable community string returns valid SNMP data
  3. Confirm SNMP port accessibility from untrusted networks
    Check firewall rules, ACLs, or network segmentation to determine if UDP port 161 (SNMP) is reachable from networks outside trusted management segments
    Affected if SNMP port is open to untrusted or internet-facing networks without IP restrictions
  4. Test for unauthenticated SNMP access
    Attempt an SNMP query without providing any credentials or with known hard-coded community strings to verify if sensitive system information (device model, OS version, network configuration, interfaces) is returned
    Affected if SNMP queries return device information without requiring valid authentication
  5. Review device firmware version
    Check device firmware version via SNMP sysDescr OID, device web interface, or command line, then compare against any available vendor patch information
    Affected if Firmware version contains hard-coded credentials that have not been patched by the vendor

The environment is affected if SNMP is enabled, accessible from untrusted networks, and uses default or hard-coded community strings that allow unauthenticated access to sensitive device information.

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

Update device firmware to a patched version that removes hard-coded credentials, change any default SNMP community strings to unique values, and restrict SNMP access to authorized management IPs via firewall or ACLs.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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