Hard-coded CredentialsWeakness · CWE-798

CVE-2026-9139

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-05-20
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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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
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
Taiko AG1000-01A SMS Alert Gateway Rev 7.3 and Rev 8 contains a hard-coded credential vulnerability in the embedded web configuration interface where authentication is implemented entirely in client-side JavaScript in login.zhtml, exposing static plaintext credentials in the page source. Unauthenticated attackers with network access can recover administrative credentials directly from the client-side validate() function to obtain full administrative access to the device.

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

The Taiko AG1000-01A SMS Alert Gateway versions 7.3 and 8 contain hard-coded credentials embedded in client-side JavaScript (login.zhtml). The authentication logic resides entirely in the validate() function within the page source, exposing static plaintext administrative credentials. Unauthenticated attackers with network access can recover these credentials directly from the client-side code to gain full administrative access.

MitigationContact the vendor for a patched firmware version that removes hard-coded credentials and implements proper server-side authentication. Until a patch is available, isolate the device behind a firewall or disable remote administration to limit exposure.

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

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

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. Access the login page
    Navigate to the device's login.zhtml page over HTTP/HTTPS (e.g., http://<device-ip>/login.zhtml)
    Affected if The page loads successfully and is accessible over the network
  2. View page source code
    Right-click on the login page and select 'View Page Source' or use browser developer tools (F12) to inspect the HTML content
    Affected if The page source is visible and contains JavaScript code
  3. Locate the validate() function
    Search within the page source for the string 'function validate' or 'validate()'
    Affected if A client-side validate() function exists in the JavaScript
  4. Search for hardcoded credentials
    Within the validate() function or surrounding JavaScript, look for plaintext username and password strings (e.g., 'admin', 'password', credential variables assigned string literals)
    Affected if Hardcoded username and password values are present in the JavaScript code
  5. Confirm client-side authentication
    Verify that the validate() function performs authentication logic entirely in the browser without communicating with a server endpoint for credential validation
    Affected if Authentication logic runs entirely in the browser and credentials are checked client-side

If the login.zhtml page source contains a validate() function with hardcoded administrative credentials, the device is affected by this vulnerability.

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

Contact the vendor for a patched firmware version that removes hard-coded credentials and implements proper server-side authentication. Until a patch is available, isolate the device behind a firewall or disable remote administration to limit exposure.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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