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CVE-2024-28809

Cleartext storage of sensitive password in firmware update packages allows attackers to access various appliance services via hardcoded credentials.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Infinera hiT 7300 5.60.50. Cleartext storage of sensitive password in firmware update packages allows attackers to access various appliance services via hardcoded credentials.

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: 0.17% probability · 7th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-312, CWE-798
Affected: nokia/hit 7300 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.2% 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://www.cvcn.gov.it/cvcn/cve/CVE-2024-28809Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.