CVE-2024-36080 describes a critical vulnerability in Westermo EDW-100 serial-to-Ethernet converters, where a hidden root account with an unchangeable hardcoded password exists. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can remotely achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.