CVE-2020-9306
Tesla SolarCity Solar Monitoring Gateway through 5.46.43 has a "Use of Hard-coded Credentials" issue because Digi ConnectPort X2e uses a .pyc file to store the cleartext password for the python user account.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Tesla SolarCity Solar Monitoring Gateway through 5.46.43 has a "Use of Hard-coded Credentials" issue because Digi ConnectPort X2e uses a .pyc file to store the cleartext password for the python user account.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 67th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522, CWE-798
- Affected
- tesla/solarcity solar monitoring gateway
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2020-0019/FEYE-2020-0019.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/02/solarcity-exploitation-of-x2e-iot-device-part-one.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/02/solarcity-exploitation-of-x2e-iot-device-part-two.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2020-0019/FEYE-2020-0019.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/02/solarcity-exploitation-of-x2e-iot-device-part-one.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/02/solarcity-exploitation-of-x2e-iot-device-part-two.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.