ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
HIGH
Received
CVE-2026-5846
The affected Watchfire Controller Software contains self-signed hard-coded RSA private keys and corresponding X.509 certificates used for authenticating and encrypting HTTPS/TLS connections to the controller's built-in web management interface. These keys are embedded in plaintext within the application patch binaries in the firmware directly from Watchfire's Remote Support filestore.
Published 30 Jul 2026, 22:16 UTC
Last modified 31 Jul 2026, 16:17 UTC
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Attack profile
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Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Scope
Not assessed
Confidentiality
Not assessed
Integrity
Not assessed
Availability
Not assessed
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Affected products
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Weakness classification
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Source references
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