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CVE-2026-22544 (GCVE-0-2026-22544)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 16:23 – Updated: 2026-01-07 16:38 X_Mqtt X_Charger X_Ics
VLAI
Title
EXCHANGE OF CREDENTIALS IN CLEAR TEXT
Summary
An attacker with a network connection could detect credentials in clear text.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-07 16:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
EFACEC QC 60/90/120 Affected: 8
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Aarón Flecha Menéndez Iván Alonso Álvarez Víctor Bello Cuevas
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