{"id":"CVE-2018-16158","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16158","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:20:18.524Z","title":"Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000, 6000, and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH…","description":"Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000, 6000, and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins (to uid 0) via the PubkeyAuthentication option.","published":"2018-08-30T05:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["eaton/power xpert meter 4000 firmware","eaton/power xpert meter 6000 firmware","eaton/power xpert meter 8000 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.34929,"percentile":0.98424,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.31696,"percentile":0.98259},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.34929,"percentile":0.98363}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 34.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/PXM-Advisory.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.ctrlu.net/vuln/0006.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/BrianWGray/msf/blob/master/exploits/linux/ssh/eaton_known_privkey.rb","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"http://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/PXM-Advisory.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ctrlu.net/vuln/0006.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16158","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}