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CVE-2026-49197 (GCVE-0-2026-49197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-29 08:24 – Updated: 2026-05-29 11:34

Title

Predator Connect W6x: Improper Authentication

Summary

Web endpoints intended for the Acer Connect app improperly validate the HTTP Authorization header, failing to block requests when Base64 decoding fails.

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-29 11:26 UTC

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

Acer mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19672

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Acer	Predator Connect W6x	Affected: W6x_GBL_2.00.000005 , ≤ * (custom)	guessed

Credits

rethesis

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FKIE_CVE-2026-49197

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-29 09:16 - Updated: 2026-07-21 12:10

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Web endpoints intended for the Acer Connect app improperly validate the HTTP Authorization header, failing to block requests when Base64 decoding fails.

References

	URL	Tags
	8fc372e3-d9c5-46e4-9410-38469745c639	https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19672	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	acer	predator_connect_w6x_firmware	*
	acer	predator_connect_w6x	-

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GHSA-6PMC-5FRG-FMG6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-29 09:31 – Updated: 2026-06-08 15:32

Details

Web endpoints intended for the Acer Connect app improperly validate the HTTP Authorization header, failing to block requests when Base64 decoding fails.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

10.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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  "id": "GHSA-6pmc-5frg-fmg6",
  "modified": "2026-06-08T15:32:41Z",
  "published": "2026-05-29T09:31:06Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49197"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19672"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

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CVE-2026-49197 (GCVE-0-2026-49197)

FKIE_CVE-2026-49197

GHSA-6PMC-5FRG-FMG6

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