CVE-2023-40463

Use of Hard-Coded Credentials

State
Published
Severity
8.1 High
Published
Dec 4, 2023
Updated
May 29, 2025
Reserved
Aug 14, 2023

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Description

When configured in debugging mode by an authenticated user with

administrative privileges, ALEOS 4.16 and earlier store the SHA512

hash of the common root password for that version in a directory

accessible to a user with root privileges or equivalent access.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSWI

Weaknesses

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ALEOSSierraWireless
  • 4.10 through 4.16Affected
  • 4.9.8 and earlierAffected

References

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