CVE-2022-40242 (GCVE-0-2022-40242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-05 21:29 – Updated: 2025-04-23 14:03
VLAI
Title
MegaRAC Default Credentials Vulnerability
Summary
MegaRAC Default Credentials Vulnerability
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 14:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
AMI MegaRAC SPx12 Affected: 0 , ≤ SPx12-update-6.00 (custom)
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AMI MegaRAC SPx13 Affected: 0 , ≤ SPx13-update-4.00 (custom)
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Credits
Vlad Babkin from Eclypsium Research
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