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CVE-2020-9306

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9306 is a critical vulnerability affecting Tesla SolarCity Solar Monitoring Gateway devices up to version 5.46.43, stemming from the use of hard-coded credentials for a Python user account stored in a .pyc file. This allows an unauthenticated attacker on the adjacent network to gain full control over the device, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.46.43CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tesla:solarcity_solar_monitoring_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 1,859 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2020-0019/FEYE-2020-0019.md
Third Party Advisory
fireeye.com / blog/threat-research/2021/02/solarcity-exploitation-of-x2e-iot-device-part-one.html
Third Party Advisory
fireeye.com / blog/threat-research/2021/02/solarcity-exploitation-of-x2e-iot-device-part-two.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
fireeye.com / blog/threat-research.html
Third Party Advisory