CVE-2026-50208
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 · uneditedHigh-risk TrustAllCerts routines disable standard TLS certificate validation. Combined with hard-coded DES symmetric encryption keys, a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) actor could decrypt network traffic.
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 confidenceThe TrustAllCerts implementation bypasses standard TLS certificate validation, allowing any certificate to be accepted. Combined with hard-coded DES symmetric encryption keys embedded in the code, an attacker performing a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack can intercept and decrypt sensitive network traffic.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= m6e_ai_1.00.000019CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify firmware versionAccess the device administration interface or check system files to retrieve the current firmware version string (often found in Settings > About, or via SSH/Telnet checking /etc/version or similar), then compare it to the affected range: versions <= m6e_ai_1.00.000019Affected if Firmware version is m6e_ai_1.00.000019 or earlier
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Search for TrustAllCerts code patternsIf you have access to the firmware image or can run commands on the device, search source code or binary strings for patterns like 'TrustAllCerts', 'TrustAll', 'validateCertificate=false', or similar certificate validation bypass implementationsAffected if Code or binaries contain routines that disable TLS certificate validation
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Search for hardcoded DES keysIf you have access to the firmware image or device shell, search configuration files, binary strings, or code repositories for hardcoded cryptographic keys, particularly DES (Data Encryption Standard) keys, looking for fixed or embedded key valuesAffected if Hardcoded DES keys are present in firmware, configuration, or code
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Inspect TLS/SSL configurationExamine network client configurations, SSLContext settings, or HTTP client initialization code to verify whether certificate validation is properly enabled or intentionally disabledAffected if Certificate validation is disabled or set to accept all certificates unconditionally
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Detect DES encryption in network trafficUse a network capture tool (such as tcpdump or Wireshark) to intercept and analyze traffic from the device, looking for DES-encrypted payloads or protocol signatures indicating weak symmetric encryption is in useAffected if Network communications are encrypted using DES rather than modern strong ciphers
A user is affected if their Acer Connect M6e 5g firmware is version m6e_ai_1.00.000019 or lower and contains the TrustAllCerts bypass with hardcoded DES keys.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace TrustAllCerts with proper certificate chain validation using trusted CA stores, and replace hardcoded DES keys with dynamically generated keys using secure key management.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-50208 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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